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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 the narrator describes Sykes crawling toward Delia with a swollen neck and only one eye able to open, what emotion is said to reside within his one open eye?
(a) Hate.
(b) Pain.
(c) Courage.
(d) Hope.

2. When Joe Lindsay says that there ought to be a law about Sykes's behavior, he says that Sykes "ain't fit tuh carry guts to a" (3) what?
(a) A hyena.
(b) A seagull.
(c) A bear.
(d) A vulture.

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

4. What adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?
(a) Statuesque.
(b) Meaty.
(c) Portly.
(d) Chubby.

5. What wakes Delia from her slumber in the hay barn?
(a) The sound of thunder.
(b) The sound of a crackling fire.
(c) The sound of a rooster crowing.
(d) The sound of Sykes destroying the snake's soap box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Delia credit with paying for the house she and Sykes live in?

2. The song that Delia sings on the way home from Woodbridge has lyrics referring to river water doing what to the body, but not to the soul?

3. When Delia tells Sykes she is not in the mood for a fight because she has just come from a particular place, what is that place?

4. What object does Sykes knock off of the stove, startling the rattlesnake?

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

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