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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who purchases clothing from Wining Boy?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Sutter.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Lymon.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which man was NOT involved in the theft that landed Boy Willie in prison?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Crawley.
(d) Doaker.

8. How does the Ghost of the Yellow Dog kill the mob members as revenge for Boy Charles' death?
(a) The Ghost drowns them.
(b) The Ghost shoots them.
(c) The Ghost stabs them.
(d) The Ghost sets them on fire.

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

10. Whose faces are carved into the piano legs at Sutter's request?
(a) His and his wife's face.
(b) His slaves' faces.
(c) His children's faces.
(d) His parents' faces.

11. Where does Berniece bring her daughter at the end of the first act, in the first scene?
(a) To the cemetary.
(b) To church.
(c) To the doctor's office.
(d) To school.

12. Which character can be seen ironing his uniform?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Doaker.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Wining Boy.

13. What is the name of Berniece's daughter?
(a) Molly.
(b) Maretha.
(c) Mama Ola.
(d) Margret.

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

15. The piano is stolen from the Sutter home during which holiday celebration?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Fourth of July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the ghost that Lyman claims killed Sutter?

2. Which character becomes very emotional and attacks Boy Willie upon seeing the piano moved?

3. Which of the following was NOT an element in Avery's significant dream?

4. What does Avery do for a living?

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

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