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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 verb does the narrator use to describe what Delia's pose in the kitchen does to Sykes?
(a) It cows him.
(b) It scares him.
(c) It emasculates him.
(d) It angers him.

2. The narrator says that each time Delia attempts what type of friendliness toward Sykes, her efforts come to naught?
(a) Shy.
(b) Subtle.
(c) Forced.
(d) Timid.

3. Who pays Bertha's rent in Eatonville?
(a) Joe Clarke.
(b) Bertha's ex-husband.
(c) Sykes.
(d) Walter.

4. What does Sykes tell Delia he will do if she argues with him about taking in white people's laundry?
(a) Punch her.
(b) Strangle her.
(c) Shove her.
(d) Kick her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delia say she does for her pony that makes him belong to her?

2. For how long has Delia been married to Sykes?

3. What does the narrator say about how Bertha goes about making Delia's goal impossible to achieve?

4. What does the narrator say streams down like a "million hot arrows" (5) during the time when Delia and Sykes are not speaking to one another?

5. On the afternoon when Sykes and Bertha come to the store, what does the narrator say had even "collapsed under the heat"? (3)

(see the answer key)

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