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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lets a bullwhip fall onto Delia's shoulders in order to scare her?
(a) Sykes.
(b) Dave.
(c) Joe.
(d) Bertha.

2. 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) How the subject involves him.
(b) If she has salted the stew.
(c) Whether dinner is ready.
(d) Where his share of the profits have gone.

3. For how long is Delia unable to speak when she feels the bullwhip across her shoulders?
(a) Two minutes.
(b) One minute.
(c) Fifteen seconds.
(d) Thirty seconds.

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?
(a) They let them be eaten by the dogs.
(b) They let them dribble over the edge of the porch.
(c) They kick them out of the way.
(d) They pile them in their laps.

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 is arrested.
(b) Until she sells the house.
(c) Until she dies.
(d) Until the house burns down.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sykes declares how tired he is of Delia and leaves the house, what does he do on his way out?

2. What substance does Delia demand that Sykes stop grinding into the clothes?

3. Where does Delia place the washtub when she returns from the yard with it in her hands?

4. When Sykes calls Delia a hypocrite, what sin does he accuse her of committing to warrant this label?

5. When Joe Lindsay says that there ought to be a law about Sykes's behavior, he says that Sykes "ain't fit tuh carry guts to a" (3) what?

(see the answer key)

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