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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the suit Sutter was wearing when he died.
(c) Doaker believes it was his burial suit.
(d) Doaker believes it was the first suit Sutter purchased.

2. How does Boy Willie react to the story of Boy Charles' death?
(a) He is stunned.
(b) He is enraged.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is apathetic.

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

4. Which character states that the law of the white man is meaningless, and he has created a new set of laws?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Wining Boy.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Lymon.

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

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

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

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

9. Which character believes that life would be much easier if people stayed at home and appreciated their lives instead of traveling?
(a) Avery.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Lymon.

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

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

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

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

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

15. After he returns from the city, what does Wining Boy want to do to relax?
(a) Walk through the park.
(b) Drink whiskey.
(c) Smoke cigars.
(d) Play cards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the last name of the family that the story focuses on?

3. What does Avery do for a living?

4. How does the Ghost of the Yellow Dog kill the mob members as revenge for Boy Charles' death?

5. After the story about Boy Charles' death, what does the family hear Maretha doing at the end of the first act?

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