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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say about how Bertha goes about making Delia's goal impossible to achieve?
(a) She talks the banker into calling in Delia's entire mortgage to be paid off.
(b) She comes to Delia's house to call Sykes out to her at the gate.
(c) She engages Delia in conversation whenever she can.
(d) She spreads gossip about Delia in town.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. When the men all grunt in approval in response to Old Man Anderson's suggestion that they kill Sykes, what does the narrator say then melts with the heat?
(a) Their stick-to-it-iveness.
(b) Their determination.
(c) Their moral turpitude.
(d) Their civic virtue.

10. What two items does Sykes tell Joe Clarke he has come to buy?
(a) Pork belly and coffee.
(b) Eggs and maple syrup.
(c) Coffee and bread.
(d) Pecans and molasses.

11. What does Delia do at the kitchen table just before she stands up and tells Sykes that she hates him?
(a) She throws her cup against the wall.
(b) She clears the table.
(c) She yanks on the tablecloth.
(d) She pushes her plate away.

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

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

14. When Delia first sees the soap box Sykes has brought home, next to what object is the soap box sitting?
(a) The stairs.
(b) The washtub.
(c) The chair.
(d) The garden hose.

15. What does the narrator say "pleased him for Delia to see" (4) when Sykes is ordering at Joe Clarke's store?
(a) His flagrant abuse of her pony with his bullwhip.
(b) His mistress accompanying him out in public.
(c) His determination to ignore her.
(d) The spending of her money.

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. Why does Delia pay little attention to the soap box when she first sees it?

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

4. What does Delia tell Sykes he has killed by bringing the snake to the house?

5. 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?

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