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

2. 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.

3. When the men all grunt in approval in response to Old Man Anderson's suggestion that they kill Sykes, what does the narrator say then melts with the heat?
(a) Their civic virtue.
(b) Their determination.
(c) Their stick-to-it-iveness.
(d) Their moral turpitude.

4. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?
(a) Defensive.
(b) Murderous.
(c) Foreboding.
(d) Menacing.

5. Against what object does Sykes strike his match?
(a) The matchbox.
(b) The sole of his boot.
(c) His corduroy breeches.
(d) The fireplace mantel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Man Anderson suggest that the men do to Sykes and Bertha in Lake Howell swamp?

2. Who drives past the store just when Sykes is ordering food for Bertha at the store?

3. What adjective does Walter use to describe what type of customers he and the other men are during the men's requests for watermelon?

4. What gesture does Delia make toward the men on Joe's porch as she passes by?

5. What is NOT one event listed as taking place during the dog days of summer in Eatonville?

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