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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem continually plagues Boy Willie and Lyman as they attempt to sell their fruit?
(a) Their money keeps getting stolen.
(b) The two men keep bickering.
(c) Their fruit keeps rotting.
(d) Their truck keeps breaking down.

2. Whose death does Berniece accuse Boy Willie of having a hand in?
(a) Lymon's.
(b) Crawley's.
(c) Mama Ola's.
(d) Uncle Doaker's.

3. Which character states that the law of the white man is meaningless, and he has created a new set of laws?
(a) Wining Boy.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Doaker.

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

5. Before the dream in which Avery was told to change his profession, what did he do for a living?
(a) He was a window washer.
(b) He was a hotel concierge.
(c) He was a traveling chef.
(d) He was an elevator operator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doaker believe is the significance of Sutter's blue suit?

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

3. What is the name of Avery's church?

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

5. Whose ghost does Berniece think she has seen?

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