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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first name of the Sutter who owned the Charles family as slaves?
(a) Reginald.
(b) Rodney.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Robert.

2. Who carved the piano legs at Sutter's request?
(a) Doaker's grandfather.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Doaker's son.
(d) Doaker's father.

3. When did Berniece stop playing the piano?
(a) When her mother died.
(b) When her father died.
(c) When her husband died.
(d) When her sister died.

4. Which character is afraid to sleep upstairs alone?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Maretha.
(d) Lymon.

5. When Wining Boy returns home from the city, how much money does he say he received?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) He received no money.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has a change of heart after seeing Sutter's ghost and now believes that the piano should be sold?

2. What does Avery suggest Berniece start doing to keep herself busy and involved in the church?

3. Which character is said to have played the carved piano until his/her death?

4. Which character is described as being rebellious, even as a little boy?

5. When Wining Boy returns from the city, where has Berniece gone?

(see the answer key)

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