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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tool does Joe Clarke offer to lend the men so they can cut the watermelon for sharing?
(a) His switchblade.
(b) His machete.
(c) His bowie knife.
(d) His meat knife.

2. What does Delia tell Sykes will one day kill her?
(a) Sykes' foolishness.
(b) The heat of midsummer.
(c) Sykes' physical abuse.
(d) The physical labor of her job.

3. How long after their wedding had Sykes brutally beaten Delia?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two years.

4. What does Sykes tell Delia he will do if she argues with him about taking in white people's laundry?
(a) Punch her.
(b) Shove her.
(c) Strangle her.
(d) Kick her.

5. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?
(a) Dissembling.
(b) Aggravating.
(c) Annoying.
(d) Solicitous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe Delia's thoughts about her garden?

2. When Joe Lindsay says that there ought to be a law about Sykes's behavior, he says that Sykes "ain't fit tuh carry guts to a" (3) what?

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

4. About what task does Sykes state his lack of care about whether Delia ever gets the task done or not?

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

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