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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Delia sees the snake's fangs, she does not run away like usual, nor does she do what with her eyes as she has done in the past?
(a) Dart them.
(b) Avert them.
(c) Roll them.
(d) Close them.

2. Who pays Bertha's rent in Eatonville?
(a) Sykes.
(b) Joe Clarke.
(c) Bertha's ex-husband.
(d) Walter.

3. What simile does the narrator use to describe the snake's fangs curving into the covering of its soap box?
(a) Door latches.
(b) String bows.
(c) Needles.
(d) Scimitars.

4. Who owns the disreputable boarding house in Eatonville?
(a) Della Lewis.
(b) Sally Anderson.
(c) Joe Clarke.
(d) Elijah Moseley.

5. What adverb is used to indicate the manner in which Sykes pushes Delia when he wants her to see the rattlesnake he has brought home?
(a) Knowingly.
(b) Laughingly.
(c) Cunningly.
(d) Smartly.

6. What action does Delia say she had taken so that she could avoid being in close proximity to Sykes?
(a) Worked longer hours.
(b) Taken a second job.
(c) Paid Bertha's rent at the boarding house.
(d) Changed churches.

7. What pet name does Sykes call Bertha when they are in the store?
(a) Darling.
(b) Honey.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Sweetness.

8. How long is the rattlesnake that Sykes brings home?
(a) Four feet.
(b) Seven feet.
(c) Five feet.
(d) Six feet.

9. When Delia says that Sykes can lie with Bertha as much as he wants, what condition does she put on her assent?
(a) That Bertha stay away from her house.
(b) That Sykes fix the barn roof.
(c) That Sykes get rid of the snake.
(d) That Sykes leave her house.

10. Who drives past the store just when Sykes is ordering food for Bertha at the store?
(a) Joe Clarke's daughter.
(b) Delia.
(c) Sykes's former mistress.
(d) Elijah's wife.

11. 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 raindrops.
(b) The tense moments.
(c) The rays of the sun.
(d) The heat.

12. What does Delia tell Sykes he has killed by bringing the snake to the house?
(a) Her peace.
(b) Her spirit.
(c) Her contentment.
(d) Her insides.

13. How much does Joe Clarke ask each man to give him in order to pay for the watermelon they will all share?
(a) 20 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) 10 cents.

14. What type of rattlesnake does Sykes say the snake is?
(a) Mojave.
(b) Timber.
(c) Diamondback.
(d) Canebreak.

15. Before Delia begs Sykes to kill the rattlesnake he has brought home, what does she ask him to do with it?
(a) Set it free.
(b) Find it some food.
(c) Pick it up.
(d) Take it away.

Short Answer 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?

2. When Delia comes home and finds Sykes standing in the kitchen doorway, she says that her only two options are to stoop under his arm or to do what?

3. What reason does Sykes provide for his conclusion that the snake would never bite him?

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

5. To what animal does Dave compare Bertha after she has left the store with Sykes?

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