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

2. What instruction does Sykes insist that he has given Delia over and over again without her capitulation?
(a) To have his dinner ready when he gets home from work.
(b) To keep the stove clean.
(c) To answer him when he asks her a question.
(d) To keep white people's clothes out of the house.

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

4. What does Delia call Sykes's action of scaring her with the bullwhip?
(a) A travesty.
(b) A sin.
(c) A joke.
(d) An injustice.

5. What does Delia tell Sykes will one day kill her?
(a) Sykes' foolishness.
(b) The heat of midsummer.
(c) Sykes' physical abuse.
(d) The physical labor of her job.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Delia goes into the yard to retrieve the washtub, what action does Sykes take inside the house?

2. What does Delia say she had brought to her marriage to Sykes?

3. When the narrator states that Delia lies awake thinking about debris cluttering a certain kind of trail, what adjective is used to describe that trail?

4. What day of the week is considered the Sabbath within traditional Christianity?

5. When Sykes leaves and Delia feels certain that he will not be home until a certain time, when is that time?

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