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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Sykes say he has been when Delia asks him where he has been with her horse and buckboard?
(a) At the corner store.
(b) With Bertha.
(c) At church.
(d) He does not say.

3. What does Delia do with the clothes after Sykes steps on them?
(a) She takes them outside.
(b) She throws them at him.
(c) She stands between him and the clothes to protect them.
(d) She gathers them together again.

4. What does Delia say she does for her pony that makes him belong to her?
(a) She feeds him.
(b) She fills his water trough.
(c) She brushes him.
(d) She shoes him.

5. 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 answer him when he asks her a question.
(c) To keep the stove clean.
(d) To keep white people's clothes out of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Delia as giving "a little scream of" (2) what when Sykes steps upon her laundry?

2. The bullwhip is described by the narrator as long, round, limp, and what?

3. What simile does Walter use to describe how pretty Delia had been as a young woman?

4. What "habitual" character trait of Delia's seems "to slip from her shoulders" (1) after Sykes threatens her with physical violence?

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

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