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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. What does Sykes say Delia looks like to him when he tells Delia he has hated her for years?
(a) Like the devil's daughter.
(b) Like the devil's doll-baby.
(c) Like the devil's conscience.
(d) Like the devil's plaything.

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

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

9. What day does Sykes say he has almost forgotten it is when he is about to leave the store with Bertha?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

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

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

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

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

14. When the snake starts to rattle incessantly inside its soap box, movements in what two locations cause him to rattle?
(a) The yard and the stairs.
(b) The bedroom and the kitchen.
(c) The stairs and the porch.
(d) The kitchen and the yard.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who pays Bertha's rent in Eatonville?

3. What event does Sykes cite as the only one that will prompt him to get rid of the snake?

4. What adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?

5. How often does Sykes say he could catch a big rattlesnake if he wanted to?

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