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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what town does Sykes often take Bertha so they can participate in stomps?
(a) Winter Park.
(b) Deer Lake.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Apalachicola.

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

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

4. When Sykes tells Delia that it is no use "puttin' on airs makin' out out lak" (6) she is feeling a certain emotion in response to the snake, what is that emotion?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Shyness.
(d) Bravery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet name does Sykes call Bertha when they are in the store?

2. For how long has Bertha been living in Eatonville on the day Sykes takes her to the store?

3. What does Sykes say Delia looks like to him when he tells Delia he has hated her for years?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes a "determined silence" (4) to fall over the porch when the men are about to slice the watermelon?

2. How does Delia try "to be blind and deaf" (5) to Sykes's gallivanting around town with Bertha?

3. How does Sykes use the occasion of bringing home the rattlesnake in order to once again attack Delia's physical appearance?

4. How does Sykes go about showing the rattlesnake to Delia after he has brought it home?

5. How does the snake's behavior change once it has taken two or three days to digest its large meal of frogs?

6. How does Delia react once Sykes both refuses to remove the rattlesnake and threatens to beat her?

7. What is Sykes's reply to Delia's insistence that he remove the rattlesnake from their home?

8. What is Delia's reason for not trying to get rid of Bertha in some way in order to solve the problems in her marriage?

9. What argumentative method does Delia use in order to convince Sykes that he needs to take the snake away from her home?

10. When Old Man Anderson suggests that the men kill Sykes, what is the men's reaction?

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