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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lymon's last name?
(a) Avery.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Brown.
(d) Macintosh.

2. Where does Sutter find and kill Boy Charles?
(a) At the train station.
(b) At the movie theater.
(c) At the swimming pool.
(d) At the general store.

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

4. Who carved the piano legs at Sutter's request?
(a) Doaker's father.
(b) Doaker's son.
(c) Doaker's grandfather.
(d) Doaker.

5. What does Avery do for a living?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a preacher.
(c) He is a blacksmith.
(d) He is a carpenter.

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

7. Who purchases clothing from Wining Boy?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Sutter.

8. Doaker works for what type of transportation?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Subways.
(c) Taxis.
(d) Trains.

9. How did Sutter's wife feel about the trade of her slaves for the piano?
(a) She regretted the trade.
(b) She was apathetic toward the trade.
(c) She was angered by the trade.
(d) She was pleased with the trade.

10. Where does Berniece bring her daughter at the end of the first act, in the first scene?
(a) To church.
(b) To school.
(c) To the doctor's office.
(d) To the cemetary.

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

12. What color is the ghost wearing?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

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

14. What is the last name of the family that the story focuses on?
(a) Brown.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Sutter.
(d) Charles.

15. What does Doaker believe is the significance of Sutter's blue suit?
(a) Doaker believes it was his burial suit.
(b) Doaker believes it was the suit Sutter was wearing when he fell in love.
(c) Doaker believes it was the first suit Sutter purchased.
(d) Doaker believes it was the suit Sutter was wearing when he died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doaker do for a living?

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

3. Boy Willie complains that Lymon is obsessed with what?

4. Who does Boy Willie expect to teach Maretha about the significance of the piano?

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

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