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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what task does Sykes state his lack of care about whether Delia ever gets the task done or not?
(a) Sweeping.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Whitewashing the house.

2. When Delia lies in bed mourning her lost love and friendship with her husband, she says it "is too late for everything" (2) except what?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her self-respect.
(c) Her little home.
(d) A change of scenery.

3. Where had Sykes emptied his pockets, leaving him without a match during his encounter with the rattlesnake?
(a) In the carriage.
(b) Bertha's room.
(c) The general store.
(d) At the diner.

4. To what location does Delia say Sykes has taken half a box of her matches?
(a) To the tent revival.
(b) To the general store.
(c) To Orlando.
(d) To Bertha's boarding house.

5. What does Delia mean when she says that she will stay in the house until she is "toted out foot foremost"? (2)
(a) Until she is arrested.
(b) Until she dies.
(c) Until she sells the house.
(d) Until the house burns down.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What beverage does Sykes drink slowly and deliberately before he responds to Delia's request that he remove the snake?

3. When one of the men's wives had repelled Sykes's advances, she had told him that Delia worked so hard that she bet everything in the house tasted like sweat and what?

4. What adjective is used to describe the lamp that Delia lights before she finds the rattlesnake Sykes has left in the hamper?

5. When the snake starts to rattle incessantly inside its soap box, movements in what two locations cause him to rattle?

(see the answer key)

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