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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?
(a) Outdoors.
(b) Into the lake.
(c) Under a passing carriage.
(d) Down the street.

2. 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) Uneasy.
(c) Bored.
(d) Triumphant.

3. What instruction does Sykes insist that he has given Delia over and over again without her capitulation?
(a) To answer him when he asks her a question.
(b) To keep the stove clean.
(c) To keep white people's clothes out of the house.
(d) To have his dinner ready when he gets home from work.

4. What pet name does Sykes call Bertha when they are in the store?
(a) Darling.
(b) Kitten.
(c) Sweetness.
(d) Honey.

5. What skill does Sykes learn from a Northern white woman?
(a) How to drive a car.
(b) How to raise chickens.
(c) How to run a store.
(d) How to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Delia tells Sykes that she now hates him to the same degree that what?

2. When Sykes leaves and Delia feels certain that he will not be home until a certain time, when is that time?

3. In what season does the story entitled "Sweat" begin?

4. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?

5. What two items does Sykes tell Joe Clarke he has come to buy?

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