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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Delia say she had taken so that she could avoid being in close proximity to Sykes?
(a) Taken a second job.
(b) Worked longer hours.
(c) Changed churches.
(d) Paid Bertha's rent at the boarding house.

2. 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 moral turpitude.
(b) Their civic virtue.
(c) Their determination.
(d) Their stick-to-it-iveness.

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

4. In what season does the story entitled "Sweat" begin?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. Sykes assures Bertha that he is the "swellest man in the whole" (5) what?
(a) Country.
(b) Town.
(c) County.
(d) State.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Delia becomes ill from witnessing Sykes's struggles with the snake, where does she go to lie down?

2. For how long has Bertha been living in Eatonville on the day Sykes takes her to the store?

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

4. What does Sykes say Delia looks like to him when he tells Delia he has hated her for years?

5. Why does Delia pay little attention to the soap box when she first sees it?

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