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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What beverage do the men drink while discussing Parchman Prison?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Vodka.

6. What does Boy Willie think is the most significant part of the piano?
(a) The music.
(b) The wood.
(c) The keys.
(d) The legs.

7. Berniece and her uncle live in which city?
(a) Petosky.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Pacifica.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

9. 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 cemetary.
(d) To the doctor's office.

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

11. What were the men attempting to steal?
(a) Food.
(b) Cars.
(c) Lumber.
(d) Gold.

12. After meeting a ghost on the railroad tracks, Wining Boy claims that he has had good luck for how long?
(a) Thirty days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Three years.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After he returns from the city, what does Wining Boy want to do to relax?

2. Whose ghost does Berniece think she has seen?

3. Where does Sutter find and kill Boy Charles?

4. How much fruit does Boy Willie tell Avery he can take free of charge?

5. What is the name of Berniece's daughter?

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