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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of material makes up the mattress of the bed in Delia's home?
(a) Sawdust.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Buckwheat.
(d) Hay.

2. In what kind of establishment does Bertha live while having her rent paid in Eatonville?
(a) A bed-and-breakfast.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A boarding house.
(d) A revival tent.

3. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch usually would do with the cane-knots if it were not so stiflingly hot outside?
(a) Swallow them.
(b) Hurl them.
(c) Give them to the horses.
(d) Chew them.

4. When Sykes leaves and Delia feels certain that he will not be home until a certain time, when is that time?
(a) The following night.
(b) The following week.
(c) Nearly daybreak.
(d) After dawn.

5. When Delia goes into the yard to retrieve the washtub, what action does Sykes take inside the house?
(a) He kicks her sorted laundry back into one pile.
(b) He hides her sorted laundry in the closet.
(c) He throws the sorted laundry into the backyard.
(d) He pours coffee over her sorted laundry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Elijah says that Sykes has beaten Delia enough to kill how many women?

3. Where does Sykes say he has been when Delia asks him where he has been with her horse and buckboard?

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

5. What does Delia say she does for her pony that makes him belong to her?

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