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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch usually would do with the cane-knots if it were not so stiflingly hot outside?
(a) Give them to the horses.
(b) Chew them.
(c) Hurl them.
(d) Swallow them.

3. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?
(a) Outdoors.
(b) Under a passing carriage.
(c) Down the street.
(d) Into the lake.

4. When Sykes declares how tired he is of Delia and leaves the house, what does he do on his way out?
(a) Kicks the fence.
(b) Bangs on the mailbox.
(c) Slams the back gate.
(d) Slams the front door.

5. What does Delia mean when she says that she will stay in the house until she is "toted out foot foremost"? (2)
(a) Until she dies.
(b) Until she is arrested.
(c) Until she sells the house.
(d) Until the house burns down.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?

3. What adjective does Sykes use to describe Delia just before he steps into the room where she is sorting laundry?

4. What does the narrator say that the men on Joe's porch do with the cane-knots on the day Sykes and Bertha come to the store, due to the extreme heat?

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?

(see the answer key)

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