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

2. Who teases Doaker about the women who are after him?
(a) Avery.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Berniece.

3. Who does the grocery shopping in the Charles home?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Maretha.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Berniece.

4. What does Doaker do for a living?
(a) He is a conductor.
(b) He is a steward.
(c) He is a cook.
(d) He performs maintenance.

5. Lymon and Boy Willie have come to sell what fruit?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Watermelon.
(d) Tomatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character states that the law of the white man is meaningless, and he has created a new set of laws?

2. Whose death does Berniece accuse Boy Willie of having a hand in?

3. What instrument does Boy Willie hope to sell to make a bit of money?

4. How does the Ghost of the Yellow Dog kill the mob members as revenge for Boy Charles' death?

5. What is the last name of the family that the story focuses on?

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