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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Berniece send Maretha in to do when Boy Willie is telling her stories?
(a) To take a bath.
(b) To change her clothes.
(c) To get her hair done.
(d) To wash her hands.

2. How much money does Boy Willie promise to Berniece for the sale of the piano?
(a) None of the money.
(b) All of the money.
(c) Half the money.
(d) Boy Willie makes no monetary promises to Berniece.

3. What does Avery tell Berniece that she needs?
(a) Someone to love her.
(b) Someone to tell her the truth.
(c) Someone to surprise her.
(d) Someone to support her.

4. How does Berniece respond to the news that Boy Willie intends to remove the piano?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is amused.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is infuriated.

5. What advice does Berniece give to Maretha as she is combing her hair?
(a) To cross her legs like a lady.
(b) To hold her head up.
(c) To purse her lips to attract attention.
(d) To straighten her back.

6. What weapon does Berniece retrieve to protect herself and her belongings?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A gun.
(c) A rope.
(d) A knife.

7. What color are the trains at the railway before its name is changed?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

8. Which character is described as being rebellious, even as a little boy?
(a) Boy Charles.
(b) Avery.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Wining Boy.

9. When Boy Willie states that he has the power of death, who does he claim to be an equal with?
(a) The white man.
(b) The angels.
(c) God.
(d) The devil.

10. What does Avery argue that a pastor needs to attract an audience?
(a) A wife.
(b) Fancy clothes.
(c) Jazzy music.
(d) A strong voice.

11. What statement does Boy Willie make about death?
(a) That he is not afraid of death.
(b) That death is inevitable for everyone.
(c) That he hopes to die young.
(d) That the idea of death terrifies him.

12. What is the name of Avery's new landlord?
(a) Coleander.
(b) Crawley.
(c) Cohen.
(d) Champs.

13. Who does Boy Willie ask to help move the piano?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Wining Boy.

14. Who accompanies Maretha upstairs when she is too afraid of Sutter's ghost to enter on her own?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Berniece.
(d) Boy Willie.

15. What story does Boy Willie tell Maretha as he waxes wood for the dolly?
(a) The story of the Ghosts of Yellow Dog.
(b) The story of their escape from slavery.
(c) The story of his date with the young woman.
(d) The story of the piano's carvings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character arrives holding a Bible, preparing for the exorcism?

2. Where does Lymon sleep in the Charles household?

3. Which character enters the scene and forbids the pair to move the piano any further?

4. Which of the following items does Avery NOT use during his exorcism of the house?

5. Why does Lymon say that his date has been canceled?

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