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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Delia confronts Sykes at the dinner table about removing the snake, what two behaviors of his does she say she has put up with for many years?
(a) Ignoring her and being unfaithful to her.
(b) Starving her and yelling at her.
(c) Starving her and beating her.
(d) Hating her and beating her.

2. For how long has Delia been married to Sykes?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 7 years.

3. What "habitual" character trait of Delia's seems "to slip from her shoulders" (1) after Sykes threatens her with physical violence?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Ease.
(c) Meekness.
(d) Humility.

4. What causes the snake to come alive and start to rattle incessantly?
(a) It rains.
(b) It finishes digesting its food.
(c) Sykes feeds it a mouse.
(d) The weather gets warmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what night of the week does Delia stay up late in order to get a head start on her work?

2. On Sunday, what action does Delia say she is glad not to have to take, now that Sykes has still not returned?

3. How many miles away from Delia's house is the town of Woodbridge?

4. When Delia first sees the soap box Sykes has brought home, next to what object is the soap box sitting?

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

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