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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gesture does Delia make toward the men on Joe's porch as she passes by?
(a) She nods.
(b) She waves.
(c) She makes the sign of the evil eye.
(d) She turns away.

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

3. What word does the narrator use to describe Delia's thoughts about her garden?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Serene.
(c) Lovely.
(d) Bountiful.

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

5. The narrator describes Delia as giving "a little scream of" (2) what when Sykes steps upon her laundry?
(a) Outrage.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Rage.
(d) Surprise.

6. What verb does the narrator use to describe what Delia's pose in the kitchen does to Sykes?
(a) It scares him.
(b) It angers him.
(c) It cows him.
(d) It emasculates him.

7. Where does Delia say Sykes would disappear to with all of his wages during the first year of their marriage?
(a) Myrtle Beach.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Sarasota.
(d) Tampa.

8. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch do with the cane-knots on the day Sykes and Bertha come to the store, due to the extreme heat?
(a) They let them dribble over the edge of the porch.
(b) They let them be eaten by the dogs.
(c) They pile them in their laps.
(d) They kick them out of the way.

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

10. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's washtub?
(a) Rusty.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Galvanized.
(d) Dented.

11. The bullwhip is described by the narrator as long, round, limp, and what?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Studded.
(c) Black.
(d) Cold.

12. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?
(a) Dining room.
(b) Bedroom.
(c) Study.
(d) Kitchen.

13. Who says that Sykes had once come to his house when he was not home in order to try to seduce his wife?
(a) Jim.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Joe.
(d) Walter.

14. 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?
(a) Decent.
(b) Faithful.
(c) Conscientious.
(d) Loving.

15. What object does Delia credit with paying for the house she and Sykes live in?
(a) Her blood.
(b) Her horse.
(c) Her mother's diamond ring.
(d) Her sweat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Delia goes into the yard to retrieve the washtub, what action does Sykes take inside the house?

2. The narrator describes Sykes's choice of the laundry pile on which to step using which adjective?

3. What does Delia tell Sykes will one day kill her?

4. What object does Delia pick up immediately after Sykes threatens her in the kitchen?

5. On the afternoon when Sykes and Bertha come to the store, what does the narrator say had even "collapsed under the heat"? (3)

(see the answer keys)

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