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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Which of the following was NOT an element in Avery's significant dream?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Babies.
(c) Hobos.
(d) Sheep.

3. Which character admits to being on the run from the police?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Sutter.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Uncle Doaker.

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

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

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

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

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

9. After the story about Boy Charles' death, what does the family hear Maretha doing at the end of the first act?
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Singing.
(d) Praying.

10. What does Doaker believe he sees Sutter's ghost doing, which he refuses to tell his sister about?
(a) Following Maretha to school.
(b) Chasing after Boy Willie.
(c) Staring at Berniece while she slept.
(d) Playing the piano.

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

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

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

14. What instrument does Boy Willie hope to sell to make a bit of money?
(a) A cello.
(b) A trombone.
(c) A drum kit.
(d) A piano.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who purchases clothing from Wining Boy?

2. Who teases Doaker about the women who are after him?

3. Berniece and her uncle live in which city?

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

5. Which character admits to having spent time in prison?

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