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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who owns the disreputable boarding house in Eatonville?
(a) Elijah Moseley.
(b) Joe Clarke.
(c) Della Lewis.
(d) Sally Anderson.

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

4. When the men all grunt in approval in response to Old Man Anderson's suggestion that they kill Sykes, what does the narrator say then melts with the heat?
(a) Their determination.
(b) Their moral turpitude.
(c) Their stick-to-it-iveness.
(d) Their civic virtue.

5. 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) Chew them.
(b) Give them to the horses.
(c) Hurl them.
(d) Swallow them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that Sykes had once come to his house when he was not home in order to try to seduce his wife?

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

3. What kind of nuts had Sykes brought as a present to help him woo one of the men's wives?

4. What pet name does Sykes call Bertha when they are in the store?

5. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?

(see the answer key)

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