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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town had Bertha lived previously before coming to Eatonville?
(a) Apopka.
(b) Apalachicola.
(c) Talahassee.
(d) Orlando.

2. What idiom does Sykes use to describe his suggested action for anyone who does not like the snake?
(a) Kiss his grits.
(b) Fly a kite.
(c) Hit the dirt.
(d) Hit the grit.

3. What does the narrator say the sun has done to turn July to August?
(a) Burned it into August.
(b) Melted it into August.
(c) Smashed it into August.
(d) Scorched it into August.

4. What beverage does Sykes drink slowly and deliberately before he responds to Delia's request that he remove the snake?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Water.
(c) Strawberry soda.
(d) Coffee.

5. Delia tells Sykes that she now hates him to the same degree that what?
(a) That she used to love Sykes.
(b) That Sykes hates her.
(c) She hates the devil.
(d) That Sykes loves Bertha.

6. How much chewing gum does Sykes buy for Bertha at the store?
(a) A block.
(b) Five gumballs.
(c) Ten sticks.
(d) A pound.

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

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

9. What reason does Sykes provide for his conclusion that the snake would never bite him?
(a) Because the snake knows it would be killed.
(b) Because he knows how to handle the snake.
(c) Because snakes do not bite masculine men.
(d) Because he has already de-fanged the snake.

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

11. 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) Slinks.
(c) Crouches.
(d) Shrugs.

12. What skill does Sykes learn from a Northern white woman?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to drive a car.
(c) How to run a store.
(d) How to raise chickens.

13. In what town does Delia attend church at the time Sykes is keeping the rattlesnake?
(a) Apalachicola.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Woodbridge.
(d) Eatonville.

14. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use when he says that Sykes has gotten too something to live?
(a) Mean.
(b) Uppity.
(c) Proud.
(d) Biggety.

15. What event does Sykes cite as the only one that will prompt him to get rid of the snake?
(a) When he decides to get rid of the snake.
(b) When hell freezes over.
(c) When the snake bites someone.
(d) When winter comes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of silence does the narrator say falls on the porch when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store?

3. What is NOT one event listed as taking place during the dog days of summer in Eatonville?

4. Who is the one villager mentioned by name who comes to the house to see Sykes's snake?

5. What do the men immediately do when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store when they are about to cut into the watermelon?

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