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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?
(a) Statuesque.
(b) Meaty.
(c) Portly.
(d) Chubby.

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. On the afternoon when Sykes and Bertha come to the store, what does the narrator say had even "collapsed under the heat"? (3)
(a) Good will.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Common sense.

4. What title does the narrator ascribe to Delia's job of doing other people's laundry?
(a) Maid.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Laundress.
(d) Wash-woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Elijah says that Sykes has beaten Delia enough to kill how many women?

2. When the scene shifts to the porch at the corner store for the first time, what month is it?

3. What word does the narrator use to describe Delia's thoughts about her garden?

4. Who pays Bertha's rent in Eatonville?

5. The narrator describes Delia as giving "a little scream of" (2) what when Sykes steps upon her laundry?

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