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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the snake to come alive and start to rattle incessantly?
(a) It rains.
(b) The weather gets warmer.
(c) It finishes digesting its food.
(d) Sykes feeds it a mouse.

2. When Delia lies in bed mourning her lost love and friendship with her husband, she says it "is too late for everything" (2) except what?
(a) Her self-respect.
(b) Her little home.
(c) A change of scenery.
(d) Her children.

3. Where does Sykes say he has been when Delia asks him where he has been with her horse and buckboard?
(a) At the corner store.
(b) With Bertha.
(c) At church.
(d) He does not say.

4. On what night of the week does Delia stay up late in order to get a head start on her work?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

5. What does Old Man Anderson suggest that the men do to Sykes and Bertha in Lake Howell swamp?
(a) Whip them.
(b) Imprison them there.
(c) Bury them up to their necks.
(d) Drown them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter say he sees Sykes do every time he passes a woman?

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

3. For how long is Delia unable to speak when she feels the bullwhip across her shoulders?

4. To what animal does Dave compare Bertha after she has left the store with Sykes?

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

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