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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) Close them.
(b) Roll them.
(c) Dart them.
(d) Avert them.

2. Why does Delia pay little attention to the soap box when she first sees it?
(a) Because she often keeps old soap boxes lying around.
(b) Because the reverend had come over earlier in the day and had used it as a stool.
(c) Because she knows Sykes must have brought it there.
(d) Because it was just another piece of refuse littering her yard.

3. What kind of women does Sykes declare to Delia that he hates?
(a) Skinny.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Mean.
(d) Lying.

4. What does the narrator say happens to Delia's fury as she regards the snake just before she confronts Sykes at the dinner table about getting rid of the snake?
(a) Grows larger.
(b) Builds into something resembling contempt.
(c) Grows bloodier.
(d) Dissapates.

5. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joe Clarke says that there is no law in the world that will make a man act a certain way, what is that certain way he mentions?

2. What do the men immediately do when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store when they are about to cut into the watermelon?

3. How long after their wedding had Sykes brutally beaten Delia?

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

5. When Delia confronts Sykes at the dinner table about removing the snake, what two behaviors of his does she say she has put up with for many years?

(see the answer key)

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