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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Delia credit with paying for the house she and Sykes live in?
(a) Her sweat.
(b) Her mother's diamond ring.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Her blood.

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?
(a) Dissapates.
(b) Grows larger.
(c) Grows bloodier.
(d) Builds into something resembling contempt.

3. Who pays Bertha's rent in Eatonville?
(a) Joe Clarke.
(b) Walter.
(c) Bertha's ex-husband.
(d) Sykes.

4. What kind of indifference does the narrator say Delia comes to feel about everything Sykes says or does after she realizes that his evil deeds will revisit him in the end?
(a) Tremendous.
(b) Triumphant.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Bored.

5. When Delia says that Sykes can lie with Bertha as much as he wants, what condition does she put on her assent?
(a) That Sykes leave her house.
(b) That Sykes get rid of the snake.
(c) That Bertha stay away from her house.
(d) That Sykes fix the barn roof.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term is used to describe the color of the rattlesnake's fangs?

3. When Delia first sees the soap box Sykes has brought home, next to what object is the soap box sitting?

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

5. What reason does Sykes provide for his conclusion that the snake would never bite Delia?

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