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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 NOT attempt to move the piano?
(a) Wining Boy.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Berniece.
(d) Doaker.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was Wining Boy's profession?
(a) He was a backup dancer.
(b) He was a recording star.
(c) He was a coal miner.
(d) He was a wine maker.

8. What problem continually plagues Boy Willie and Lyman as they attempt to sell their fruit?
(a) Their truck keeps breaking down.
(b) Their money keeps getting stolen.
(c) The two men keep bickering.
(d) Their fruit keeps rotting.

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

10. Boy Willie complains that Lymon is obsessed with what?
(a) Women.
(b) Money.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Cars.

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

12. What does Boy Willie tell Wining Boy that he wants to purchase?
(a) Sutter's land.
(b) A new piano.
(c) A new car.
(d) More fruit.

13. Which of the following characters is NOT involved in stealing the piano from the Sutter home?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Wining Boy.
(d) Boy Charles.

14. Lymon and Boy Willie have come to sell what fruit?
(a) Watermelon.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Tomatoes.

15. What does Doaker believe he sees Sutter's ghost doing, which he refuses to tell his sister about?
(a) Staring at Berniece while she slept.
(b) Chasing after Boy Willie.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Following Maretha to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Wining Boy brought to the city to pawn?

2. What sound is heard by the characters who attempt to move the piano?

3. How much money does Wining Boy ask for as a loan from Doaker?

4. Which character is afraid to sleep upstairs alone?

5. When Wining Boy returns home from the city, how much money does he say he received?

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