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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 adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?
(a) Portly.
(b) Meaty.
(c) Statuesque.
(d) Chubby.

2. What kind of silence does the narrator say falls on the porch when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store?
(a) Judgmental.
(b) Determined.
(c) Hushed.
(d) Awkward.

3. What simile does Walter use to describe how pretty Delia had been as a young woman?
(a) A striped kitten.
(b) A speckled pup.
(c) A two-dollar ribbon.
(d) A peacock.

4. What does the narrator say about how Bertha goes about making Delia's goal impossible to achieve?
(a) She spreads gossip about Delia in town.
(b) She engages Delia in conversation whenever she can.
(c) She talks the banker into calling in Delia's entire mortgage to be paid off.
(d) She comes to Delia's house to call Sykes out to her at the gate.

5. To what animal does Dave compare Bertha after she has left the store with Sykes?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A hippo.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A hyena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use when he says that Sykes has gotten too something to live?

2. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?

3. What two activities does the narrator say that Delia and Sykes now do in silence since their complete impasse?

4. What tool does Joe Clarke offer to lend the men so they can cut the watermelon for sharing?

5. In what town had Bertha lived previously before coming to Eatonville?

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