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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Delia comes home and finds Sykes standing in the kitchen doorway, she says that her only two options are to stoop under his arm or to do what?
(a) Shove him out of the way.
(b) Ask him to move.
(c) Go around to the back door.
(d) Stare him down until he moves.

2. For how long has Delia been married to Sykes?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 15 years.

3. When Delia wonders why the snake has gone quiet, she hopes that perhaps her threats had frightened Sykes or that they had perhaps even made him feel what?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Regretful.
(d) Angry.

4. 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) Tremendous.
(b) Triumphant.
(c) Bored.
(d) Uneasy.

5. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use when he says that Sykes has gotten too something to live?
(a) Biggety.
(b) Mean.
(c) Uppity.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Sykes emptied his pockets, leaving him without a match during his encounter with the rattlesnake?

2. Who lets a bullwhip fall onto Delia's shoulders in order to scare her?

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

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

5. What does the narrator say the sun has done to turn July to August?

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