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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 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?
(a) Shove him out of the way.
(b) Go around to the back door.
(c) Ask him to move.
(d) Stare him down until he moves.

2. What adjective does Walter use to describe what type of customers he and the other men are during the men's requests for watermelon?
(a) Regular.
(b) Generous.
(c) Steady.
(d) Loyal.

3. When Delia is described as trying to avoid meeting places in town, what does the narrator say she is trying to accomplish?
(a) She is trying to strengthen her resolve to move away from Eatonville.
(b) She is trying to cut off friendships with the townspeople.
(c) She is trying to be blind and deaf.
(d) She is trying not to waste time with conversation when she could be working.

4. When Delia tells Sykes that she has been taking in laundry the whole time they have been married, what question does he immediately ask her?
(a) Where his share of the profits have gone.
(b) Whether dinner is ready.
(c) If she has salted the stew.
(d) How the subject involves him.

5. Who says that Sykes had once come to his house when he was not home in order to try to seduce his wife?
(a) Joe.
(b) Jim.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Walter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item does Sykes NOT buy from Joe Clarke's store during his visit there?

3. When Sykes refuses to take the snake away and says that he does not have to do anything besides take a particular action, what action does he say he must do?

4. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?

5. To what town does Sykes often take Bertha so they can participate in stomps?

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