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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Wining Boy returns home from the city, how much money does he say he received?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) He received no money.

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

4. Which character is said to have played the carved piano until his/her death?
(a) Sutter.
(b) Sutter's wife.
(c) Sutter's son.
(d) Sutter's mother.

5. How much money does Wining Boy ask for as a loan from Doaker?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

6. How did Sutter's wife feel about the trade of her slaves for the piano?
(a) She was apathetic toward the trade.
(b) She regretted the trade.
(c) She was angered by the trade.
(d) She was pleased with the trade.

7. How much fruit does Lyman and Boy Willie sell on the day that Wining Boy goes to the city?
(a) Nearly all.
(b) They sell none.
(c) A little.
(d) They sell every last one.

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

9. What color is the ghost that Lyman claims killed Sutter?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

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

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

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

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

14. Who teases Doaker about the women who are after him?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Berniece.
(d) Avery.

15. Who does Wining Boy reveal he helped bail out of jail?
(a) Lymon's brother.
(b) Lymon's father.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Lymon's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carved the piano legs at Sutter's request?

2. What is the first name of the Sutter who owned the Charles family as slaves?

3. Which character is afraid to sleep upstairs alone?

4. Lymon and Boy Willie have come to sell what fruit?

5. What were the men attempting to steal?

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