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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title does the narrator ascribe to Delia's job of doing other people's laundry?
(a) Maid.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Laundress.
(d) Wash-woman.

2. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Love.
(d) Faith.

3. What action does Dave say causes Bertha to look like a particular animal?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Yawning.
(d) Walking.

4. Who says that Sykes had once come to his house when he was not home in order to try to seduce his wife?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Joe.
(c) Jim.
(d) Walter.

5. When Delia picks up an object and strikes a pose after being threatened by Sykes, what does the narrator state as the action that Sykes refrains from performing, though he usually would perform it right away in such a situation?
(a) Yelling at Delia.
(b) Calling the magistrate.
(c) Striking Delia.
(d) Leaving the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sykes leaves and Delia feels certain that he will not be home until a certain time, when is that time?

2. What simile does Walter use to describe how pretty Delia had been as a young woman?

3. What object does Delia pick up immediately after Sykes threatens her in the kitchen?

4. How much does Joe Clarke ask each man to give him in order to pay for the watermelon they will all share?

5. When Joe Lindsay says that there ought to be a law about Sykes's behavior, he says that Sykes "ain't fit tuh carry guts to a" (3) what?

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