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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Boy Willie think is the most significant part of the piano?
(a) The music.
(b) The keys.
(c) The wood.
(d) The legs.

3. Who tells Lymon that he'll eventually get what he wants from women as long as he keeps hoping?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Maretha.
(d) Berniece.

4. What has Avery's new landlord given to the new church?
(a) A new piano.
(b) A stack of Bibles.
(c) Sheet music.
(d) A loan.

5. What name was the ghost repeating?
(a) Uncle Doaker.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Mama Ola.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room does Boy Willie convince the young woman to start kissing him?

2. What sound is heard by the characters who attempt to move the piano?

3. How did Sutter's wife feel about the trade of her slaves for the piano?

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

5. What problem continually plagues Boy Willie and Lyman as they attempt to sell their fruit?

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