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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much fruit does Boy Willie tell Avery he can take free of charge?
(a) One.
(b) As much as he wants.
(c) Zero.
(d) Five.

2. Whose faces are carved into the piano legs at Sutter's request?
(a) His children's faces.
(b) His slaves' faces.
(c) His and his wife's face.
(d) His parents' faces.

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

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

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

6. Boy Willie is trying to sell his fruit in what type of neighborhood?
(a) Poor black neighborhoods.
(b) Poor white neighborhoods.
(c) Rich white neighborhoods.
(d) Rich black neighborhoods.

7. What is the name of Avery's church?
(a) The Hands of God.
(b) The Mannah of Man.
(c) The Good Shepherd.
(d) The Light of the World.

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

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

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

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

12. Which family traded the piano to the Sutter family for slaves?
(a) The Nolanders.
(b) The Benedicts.
(c) The Montagues.
(d) The Whitmans.

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

14. Doaker gives long instructions on the proper way to buy what grocery item?
(a) Cow intestines.
(b) Ham hocks.
(c) Collard greens.
(d) Okra.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boy Willie threaten to do to the piano?

2. What does Avery do for a living?

3. After Lymon comes home from work and changes, what does he want to go into the city looking for?

4. After meeting a ghost on the railroad tracks, Wining Boy claims that he has had good luck for how long?

5. What type of song does Maretha play on the piano?

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