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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which man was NOT involved in the theft that landed Boy Willie in prison?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Crawley.
(d) Lymon.

2. The piano is stolen from the Sutter home during which holiday celebration?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Christmas.

3. How does Sutter kill Boy Charles?
(a) He stabbed him.
(b) He drowned him.
(c) He set him on fire.
(d) He shot him.

4. Which character is said to have played the carved piano until his/her death?
(a) Sutter's mother.
(b) Sutter's son.
(c) Sutter.
(d) Sutter's wife.

5. Lymon wants to go to what city, hoping for better treatment from white people?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Doaker doing when Wining Boy shows up at the house?

2. What does Boy Willie hope to buy from Sutter?

3. What does Boy Willie threaten to do to the piano?

4. After the story about Boy Charles' death, what does the family hear Maretha doing at the end of the first act?

5. Where does Berniece bring her daughter at the end of the first act, in the first scene?

(see the answer key)

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