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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Wining Boy brought to the city to pawn?
(a) The piano.
(b) Sheets of music.
(c) His car.
(d) His suit.

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

3. How much fruit does Lyman and Boy Willie sell on the day that Wining Boy goes to the city?
(a) A little.
(b) They sell none.
(c) They sell every last one.
(d) Nearly all.

4. What sound is heard by the characters who attempt to move the piano?
(a) Whispering.
(b) Singing.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Moaning

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

6. Who does Doaker suspect Berniece is having a relationship with?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Avery.
(c) Sutter.
(d) Wining Boy.

7. What does Wining Boy say he felt breezing through the wind on his last trip home?
(a) Riches.
(b) Fear.
(c) Death.
(d) Ghosts.

8. Which of the following characters is NOT involved in stealing the piano from the Sutter home?
(a) Wining Boy.
(b) Boy Charles.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Doaker.

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

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

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

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

13. Who does Boy Willie expect to teach Maretha about the significance of the piano?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Avery.
(c) Momma Ola.
(d) Berniece.

14. What does Boy Willie threaten to do to the piano?
(a) He threatens to chop it in half.
(b) He threatens to stomp it to dust.
(c) He threatens to steal it in the night.
(d) He threatens to burn it.

15. Which of the following characters does Boy Willie NOT ask about the potential buyer of the piano?
(a) Avery.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Maretha.
(d) Berniece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wining Boy carry with him that has a weight as heavy as a piano?

2. What does Doaker do for a living?

3. What is the name of Wining Boy's late ex-wife?

4. Which family traded the piano to the Sutter family for slaves?

5. Where does Sutter find and kill Boy Charles?

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