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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. What is Doaker doing when Wining Boy shows up at the house?
(a) Washing dishes.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Mopping floors.
(d) Hanging laundry.

2. What instrument does Boy Willie hope to sell to make a bit of money?
(a) A drum kit.
(b) A trombone.
(c) A piano.
(d) A cello.

3. What does Boy Willie tell Wining Boy that he wants to purchase?
(a) A new car.
(b) More fruit.
(c) Sutter's land.
(d) A new piano.

4. What does Boy Willie encourage Berniece to do to get rid of the ghost?
(a) Wash the floors.
(b) Read the Bible.
(c) Cut off her hair.
(d) Sell the piano.

5. How does Boy Willie react to Berniece's claim that she has seen a ghost?
(a) He is terrified at the possibility.
(b) He is confused why the ghost would come to her.
(c) He thinks she is being ridiculous.
(d) He is amused because there is no such thing as ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Boy Willie react to the story of Boy Charles' death?

2. The piano is stolen from the Sutter home during which holiday celebration?

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

4. Who tells Boy Willie the story of the way that Boy Charles was killed?

5. What was Wining Boy's occupation while he was married?

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