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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wining Boy say he felt breezing through the wind on his last trip home?
(a) Riches.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Death.
(d) Fear.

2. Which character can be seen ironing his uniform?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Wining Boy.
(d) Doaker.

3. What has Wining Boy brought to the city to pawn?
(a) The piano.
(b) His car.
(c) His suit.
(d) Sheets of music.

4. Who rushes into the house claiming to have found the man who wanted to purchase the piano?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Maretha.
(d) Berniece.

5. What is the name of Wining Boy's late ex-wife?
(a) Clarity.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Clementine.
(d) Cleotha.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the group is singing prison songs, which character is asked to play the piano?

2. What beverage do the men drink while discussing Parchman Prison?

3. Which man was NOT involved in the theft that landed Boy Willie in prison?

4. The thwarting character emerges from what room to stop the pair from moving the piano?

5. Lymon wants to go to what city, hoping for better treatment from white people?

(see the answer key)

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