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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes Sykes's choice of the laundry pile on which to step using which adjective?
(a) The cleanest.
(b) The biggest.
(c) The tidiest.
(d) The whitest.

2. Delia tells Sykes that his hide does not look like anything to her besides a bunch of wrinkled up what?
(a) Crinoline.
(b) Rubber.
(c) .Crepe paper.
(d) Washrags.

3. What kind of women does Sykes declare to Delia that he hates?
(a) Mean.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Skinny.
(d) Lying.

4. Upon Delia's failure to hear the snake upon her return from Woodbridge, what does the narrator refer to as going through "its birth struggles" (8) in Delia's mind?
(a) Anger.
(b) Wonder.
(c) Hope.
(d) Understanding.

5. To what objects does Delia compare Sykes's ears during their final argument?
(a) A pair of boxcars.
(b) A pair of cauliflower heads.
(c) A pair of buzzard wings.
(d) A pair of automobile bumpers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the night service at the church in Woodbridge?

2. In addition to the adjective black, what other adjective does Delia use to describe Bertha the first time she brings her up to Sykes?

3. 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?

4. What does Old Man Anderson suggest that the men do to Sykes and Bertha in Lake Howell swamp?

5. What simile does Walter use to describe how pretty Delia had been as a young woman?

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