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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Optimism.

3. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?
(a) Study.
(b) Dining room.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Bedroom.

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

5. 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) Conversation.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?

2. In what season does the story entitled "Sweat" begin?

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

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

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Delia's pose when she picks up the object after Sykes threatens to hit her?

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