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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after their wedding had Sykes brutally beaten Delia?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three years.

2. What verb is used to indicate the manner in which Delia goes underneath Sykes's arm when he is blocking the doorway?
(a) Shrugs.
(b) Crouches.
(c) Stoops.
(d) Slinks.

3. In which room does Delia decide to sort the laundry when she returns home from Woodbridge?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The sunroom.
(d) Her bedroom.

4. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?
(a) Strong.
(b) Stooped.
(c) Sloped.
(d) Bent.

5. What does the narrator say streams down like a "million hot arrows" (5) during the time when Delia and Sykes are not speaking to one another?
(a) The tense moments.
(b) The raindrops.
(c) The rays of the sun.
(d) The heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joe Clarke says that there is no law in the world that will make a man act a certain way, what is that certain way he mentions?

2. What event does Sykes cite as the only one that will prompt him to get rid of the snake?

3. What does the narrator say the sun has done to turn July to August?

4. What substance does Delia demand that Sykes stop grinding into the clothes?

5. After Delia tells Sykes that she will no longer take his abuse, what does he do as he is departing from the house?

(see the answer key)

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