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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one event listed as taking place during the dog days of summer in Eatonville?
(a) Grass withering.
(b) Leaves browning.
(c) Snakes shedding.
(d) Swimming holes drying up.

2. 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 civic virtue.
(b) Their determination.
(c) Their moral turpitude.
(d) Their stick-to-it-iveness.

3. Why does Delia pay little attention to the soap box when she first sees it?
(a) Because the reverend had come over earlier in the day and had used it as a stool.
(b) Because she often keeps old soap boxes lying around.
(c) Because it was just another piece of refuse littering her yard.
(d) Because she knows Sykes must have brought it there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Delia nearly do as a result of being pushed by Sykes when he is blocking the kitchen doorway?
(a) She nearly falls off the steps.
(b) She nearly claws Sykes's arm.
(c) She nearly falls down onto the porch.
(d) She nearly steps on the soap box.

11. What tool does Joe Clarke offer to lend the men so they can cut the watermelon for sharing?
(a) His bowie knife.
(b) His machete.
(c) His switchblade.
(d) His meat knife.

12. 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.

13. In what kind of establishment does Bertha live while having her rent paid in Eatonville?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A bed-and-breakfast.
(c) A boarding house.
(d) A revival tent.

14. What causes the snake to come alive and start to rattle incessantly?
(a) Sykes feeds it a mouse.
(b) It finishes digesting its food.
(c) The weather gets warmer.
(d) It rains.

15. Of what type of material is the covering of the snake's soap box made?
(a) Wire.
(b) Plywood.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Walter say is best to use when charming a rattlesnake?

2. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use when he says that Sykes has gotten too something to live?

3. What term is used to describe the color of the rattlesnake's fangs?

4. What skill does Sykes learn from a Northern white woman?

5. When Sykes says that one reason he caught the snake easily was because it had just had a meal, what does he say it had just eaten?

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