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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two activities does the narrator say that Delia and Sykes now do in silence since their complete impasse?
(a) Eat and rest.
(b) Read and work.
(c) Sleep and eat.
(d) Work and sleep.

2. 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) Starving her and beating her.
(b) Hating her and beating her.
(c) Starving her and yelling at her.
(d) Ignoring her and being unfaithful to her.

3. What term is used to describe the color of the rattlesnake's fangs?
(a) Eggshell-white.
(b) Chalky-white.
(c) Off-white.
(d) Jaundice-yellow.

4. What kind of silence does the narrator say falls on the porch when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store?
(a) Judgmental.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Hushed.
(d) Determined.

5. 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) Changed churches.
(d) Paid Bertha's rent at the boarding house.

6. 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) Smartly.
(b) Knowingly.
(c) Cunningly.
(d) Laughingly.

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

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

9. What action does Dave say causes Bertha to look like a particular animal?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Walking.
(c) Yawning.
(d) Dancing.

10. To what animal does Dave compare Bertha after she has left the store with Sykes?
(a) An alligator.
(b) A giraffe.
(c) A hippo.
(d) A hyena.

11. What does Old Man Anderson suggest that the men do to Sykes and Bertha in Lake Howell swamp?
(a) Imprison them there.
(b) Bury them up to their necks.
(c) Whip them.
(d) Drown them.

12. For how long has Bertha been living in Eatonville on the day Sykes takes her to the store?
(a) Four months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One week.

13. How much coffee does Sykes ask Joe Clarke to sell him?
(a) Three pounds.
(b) A pound.
(c) Half of a pound.
(d) Two pounds.

14. Who is the one villager mentioned by name who comes to the house to see Sykes's snake?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Joe Lindsay.
(c) Walter.
(d) Joe Clarke.

15. What verb is used to indicate the manner in which Delia goes underneath Sykes's arm when he is blocking the doorway?
(a) Stoops.
(b) Shrugs.
(c) Slinks.
(d) Crouches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Delia tells Sykes that she now hates him to the same degree that what?

2. The narrator says that each time Delia attempts what type of friendliness toward Sykes, her efforts come to naught?

3. What two deity names does Delia yell out when she first lays eyes on the snake Sykes has brought home?

4. Sykes assures Bertha that he is the "swellest man in the whole" (5) what?

5. What beverage does Sykes drink slowly and deliberately before he responds to Delia's request that he remove the snake?

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