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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 machete.
(b) His bowie knife.
(c) His switchblade.
(d) His meat knife.

2. What day of the week is considered the Sabbath within traditional Christianity?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Thursday.

3. What does the narrator say about how Bertha goes about making Delia's goal impossible to achieve?
(a) She comes to Delia's house to call Sykes out to her at the gate.
(b) She spreads gossip about Delia in town.
(c) She engages Delia in conversation whenever she can.
(d) She talks the banker into calling in Delia's entire mortgage to be paid off.

4. When Sykes tells Delia that it is no use "puttin' on airs makin' out out lak" (6) she is feeling a certain emotion in response to the snake, what is that emotion?
(a) Fear.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Pride.
(d) Shyness.

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?
(a) Menacing.
(b) Defensive.
(c) Murderous.
(d) Foreboding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delia mean when she says that she will stay in the house until she is "toted out foot foremost"? (2)

2. 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?

3. When the snake starts to rattle incessantly inside its soap box, movements in what two locations cause him to rattle?

4. 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?

5. When Delia tells Sykes she is not in the mood for a fight because she has just come from a particular place, what is that place?

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