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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers herself to Wining Boy as repayment for helping bail a family member out of jail?
(a) Lymon's aunt.
(b) Lymon's mother.
(c) Lymon's cousin.
(d) Lymon's sister.

2. Who does Wining Boy reveal he helped bail out of jail?
(a) Lymon's cousin.
(b) Lymon's brother.
(c) Lymon's father.
(d) Lymon.

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

4. Which of the following characters does NOT attempt to move the piano?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Wining Boy.

5. How does Sutter kill Boy Charles?
(a) He stabbed him.
(b) He set him on fire.
(c) He shot him.
(d) He drowned him.

6. Before the dream in which Avery was told to change his profession, what did he do for a living?
(a) He was a traveling chef.
(b) He was a hotel concierge.
(c) He was a window washer.
(d) He was an elevator operator.

7. How much money does Wining Boy ask for as a loan from Doaker?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Five dollars.

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

9. Which character is said to have played the carved piano until his/her death?
(a) Sutter's son.
(b) Sutter's mother.
(c) Sutter.
(d) Sutter's wife.

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

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

12. In the aftermath of the theft, where was Lymon shot?
(a) In the back.
(b) In the stomach.
(c) In the leg.
(d) In the head.

13. What is the name of Berniece's daughter?
(a) Margret.
(b) Maretha.
(c) Mama Ola.
(d) Molly.

14. Which character used to polish the piano every morning?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Uncle Doaker.
(c) Mama Ola.
(d) Berniece.

15. Which character admits to having spent time in prison?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Uncle Doaker.
(d) Berniece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boy Willie is trying to sell his fruit in what type of neighborhood?

2. What is the name of Avery's church?

3. Berniece claims she saw what before she left the house on the day that Wining Boy went to the city?

4. Which man was NOT involved in the theft that landed Boy Willie in prison?

5. Who does the grocery shopping in the Charles home?

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