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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of song does Boy Willie play on the piano?
(a) A beginner's song.
(b) An advanced jig.
(c) A jazzy boogie-woogie.
(d) A dreamy lullabye.

2. What does Doaker do for a living?
(a) He is a cook.
(b) He performs maintenance.
(c) He is a steward.
(d) He is a conductor.

3. What does Boy Willie hope to buy from Sutter?
(a) His piano.
(b) His crops.
(c) His land.
(d) His house.

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

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

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

7. What does Berniece do for a living?
(a) Tutors children.
(b) Repairs automobiles.
(c) Cleans houses.
(d) Washes laundry.

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

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

10. What is the first name of the Sutter who owned the Charles family as slaves?
(a) Rodney.
(b) Robert.
(c) Reginald.
(d) Ralph.

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

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

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

14. Who tells Boy Willie the story of the way that Boy Charles was killed?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Wining Boy.
(d) Sutter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the aftermath of the theft, where was Lymon shot?

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

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

5. What were the men attempting to steal?

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