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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. Which character believes that life would be much easier if people stayed at home and appreciated their lives instead of traveling?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Avery.

2. When Wining Boy returns from the city, where has Berniece gone?
(a) To church.
(b) To jail.
(c) To work.
(d) To the hospital.

3. What does Wining Boy carry with him that has a weight as heavy as a piano?
(a) His talent.
(b) HIs fears.
(c) His questions.
(d) His guilt.

4. When the group is singing prison songs, which character is asked to play the piano?
(a) Wining Boy.
(b) Maretha.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Berniece.

5. After Lymon comes home from work and changes, what does he want to go into the city looking for?
(a) His father.
(b) Women.
(c) Another job.
(d) A new truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name was the ghost repeating?

2. What does Avery tell Berniece that she needs?

3. What is Berniece afraid of waking when she plays the piano?

4. Who purchases clothing from Wining Boy?

5. Lymon wants to go to what city, hoping for better treatment from white people?

(see the answer key)

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