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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sykes leaves and Delia feels certain that he will not be home until a certain time, when is that time?
(a) The following night.
(b) Nearly daybreak.
(c) The following week.
(d) After dawn.

2. What adjective does Walter use to describe what type of customers he and the other men are during the men's requests for watermelon?
(a) Steady.
(b) Loyal.
(c) Regular.
(d) Generous.

3. Who first entreats Joe to bring a melon from the store and to slice it up for the men?
(a) Old Man Anderson.
(b) Joe Lindsay.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Joe Clarke.

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

5. What kind of indifference does the narrator say Delia comes to feel about everything Sykes says or does after she realizes that his evil deeds will revisit him in the end?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Bored.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Tremendous.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joe Clarke says that there is no law in the world that will make a man act a certain way, what is that certain way he mentions?

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

3. In what town had Bertha lived previously before coming to Eatonville?

4. When Delia first sees the soap box Sykes has brought home, next to what object is the soap box sitting?

5. Before Delia begs Sykes to kill the rattlesnake he has brought home, what does she ask him to do with it?

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