View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Delia sees the snake's fangs, she does not run away like usual, nor does she do what with her eyes as she has done in the past?
(a) Roll them.
(b) Dart them.
(c) Close them.
(d) Avert them.

2. Where does Delia place the washtub when she returns from the yard with it in her hands?
(a) On the back porch.
(b) On the bedroom floor.
(c) On the washbench.
(d) In the kitchen sink.

3. When the snake starts to rattle incessantly inside its soap box, movements in what two locations cause him to rattle?
(a) The bedroom and the kitchen.
(b) The stairs and the porch.
(c) The yard and the stairs.
(d) The kitchen and the yard.

4. What does the narrator say the sun has done to turn July to August?
(a) Smashed it into August.
(b) Scorched it into August.
(c) Burned it into August.
(d) Melted it into August.

5. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use when he says that Sykes has gotten too something to live?
(a) Mean.
(b) Uppity.
(c) Proud.
(d) Biggety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile does the narrator use to describe the snake's fangs curving into the covering of its soap box?

2. What action does Delia say she had taken so that she could avoid being in close proximity to Sykes?

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

4. When Delia comes home and finds Sykes standing in the kitchen doorway, she says that her only two options are to stoop under his arm or to do what?

5. What kind of nuts had Sykes brought as a present to help him woo one of the men's wives?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 323 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample