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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use to describe his view of what kind of man Sykes had always been?
(a) Haughty.
(b) Proud.
(c) Overbearing.
(d) Mean.

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

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

5. What adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?
(a) Meaty.
(b) Chubby.
(c) Portly.
(d) Statuesque.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool does Joe Clarke offer to lend the men so they can cut the watermelon for sharing?

2. How much coffee does Sykes ask Joe Clarke to sell him?

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

4. What is NOT one event listed as taking place during the dog days of summer in Eatonville?

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

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