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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Sykes delightedly use to describe Bertha's shape?
(a) Chubby.
(b) Statuesque.
(c) Portly.
(d) Meaty.

2. In what town had Bertha lived previously before coming to Eatonville?
(a) Talahassee.
(b) Apopka.
(c) Apalachicola.
(d) Orlando.

3. When the narrator describes Sykes crawling toward Delia with a swollen neck and only one eye able to open, what emotion is said to reside within his one open eye?
(a) Pain.
(b) Courage.
(c) Hate.
(d) Hope.

4. To what objects does Delia compare Sykes's ears during their final argument?
(a) A pair of automobile bumpers.
(b) A pair of buzzard wings.
(c) A pair of cauliflower heads.
(d) A pair of boxcars.

5. What simile does the narrator use to describe the snake's fangs curving into the covering of its soap box?
(a) Door latches.
(b) Needles.
(c) String bows.
(d) Scimitars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb does the narrator use to describe what Delia's pose in the kitchen does to Sykes?

2. When the men all grunt in approval in response to Old Man Anderson's suggestion that they kill Sykes, what does the narrator say then melts with the heat?

3. What causes the lamp to go out when Delia is fleeing from the rattlesnake?

4. What does the narrator say the sun has done to turn July to August?

5. When Delia confronts Sykes at the dinner table about removing the snake, what two behaviors of his does she say she has put up with for many years?

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