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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What day of the week is considered the Sabbath within traditional Christianity?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

3. When Delia tells Sykes that she has been taking in laundry the whole time they have been married, what question does he immediately ask her?
(a) If she has salted the stew.
(b) How the subject involves him.
(c) Where his share of the profits have gone.
(d) Whether dinner is ready.

4. What object does Delia credit with paying for the house she and Sykes live in?
(a) Her blood.
(b) Her horse.
(c) Her sweat.
(d) Her mother's diamond ring.

5. When Delia tells Sykes she is not in the mood for a fight because she has just come from a particular place, what is that place?
(a) Church.
(b) City Hall.
(c) Bertha's house.
(d) The corner store.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes Sykes's choice of the laundry pile on which to step using which adjective?

3. For how long is Delia unable to speak when she feels the bullwhip across her shoulders?

4. About what task does Sykes state his lack of care about whether Delia ever gets the task done or not?

5. What does Delia call Sykes's action of scaring her with the bullwhip?

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