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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The narrator describes Sykes's choice of the laundry pile on which to step using which adjective?
(a) The biggest.
(b) The whitest.
(c) The tidiest.
(d) The cleanest.
2. The bullwhip is described by the narrator as long, round, limp, and what?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Cold.
(c) Studded.
(d) Black.
3. What substance does Delia demand that Sykes stop grinding into the clothes?
(a) Dust.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Grime.
(d) Mud.
4. For how long has Delia been doing people's laundry to bring in money?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 20 years.
5. 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) He does not say.
(c) With Bertha.
(d) At church.
6. The narrator describes Delia as giving "a little scream of" (2) what when Sykes steps upon her laundry?
(a) Dismay.
(b) Rage.
(c) Outrage.
(d) Surprise.
7. How long after their wedding had Sykes brutally beaten Delia?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three years.
8. What does Delia tell Sykes will one day kill her?
(a) The physical labor of her job.
(b) Sykes' foolishness.
(c) Sykes' physical abuse.
(d) The heat of midsummer.
9. What does the narrator say that Delia is able to "build...against her husband" (3) after she decides that he will reap what he sows?
(a) A decadent shroud.
(b) A wall of hatred.
(c) A spiritual earthworks.
(d) A code of silence.
10. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?
(a) Bedroom.
(b) Dining room.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Study.
11. 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.
12. Where does Sykes say that he will kick the clothes the next time she brings them home?
(a) Into the lake.
(b) Outdoors.
(c) Down the street.
(d) Under a passing carriage.
13. What verb does the narrator use to describe what Delia's pose in the kitchen does to Sykes?
(a) It cows him.
(b) It emasculates him.
(c) It scares him.
(d) It angers him.
14. For what purpose does the narrator say Delia had built and improved upon her little home?
(a) For her husband's happiness.
(b) For her children.
(c) For her security.
(d) For her old age.
15. Against what object does Sykes strike his match?
(a) The sole of his boot.
(b) The matchbox.
(c) His corduroy breeches.
(d) The fireplace mantel.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator describes Delia's shoulders as thin and what?
2. Elijah says that Sykes has beaten Delia enough to kill how many women?
3. What kind of women does Sykes declare to Delia that he hates?
4. What does Sykes tell Delia he will do if she argues with him about taking in white people's laundry?
5. What instruction does Sykes insist that he has given Delia over and over again without her capitulation?
This section contains 472 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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