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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Berniece preparing when Avery comes for a surprise visit?
(a) Dinner.
(b) The piano for cleaning.
(c) Her tax papers.
(d) A bath.

3. Who overhears the conversation between Berniece and Maretha and tells Berniece that she is saying horrible things to her daughter?
(a) Wining Boy.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Lymon.

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

5. Where does Lymon sleep in the Charles household?
(a) Out on the porch.
(b) In his own bedroom.
(c) On the couch.
(d) Lymon does not sleep at the Charles home.

6. Boy Willie exhibits what emotion while attempting to move the piano for its potential buyer?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Excitement.

7. What does Avery claim is doing God's work in the town?
(a) The music of the piano.
(b) The streetchildren in the town.
(c) The Sutter family ghosts.
(d) The Ghosts of Yellow Dog.

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

9. Who does Berniece claim blames himself for Boy Charles' death?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) WIning Boy.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Lymon.

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

11. Who asks Boy Willie about the outcome of his date with the young woman?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Lymon.

12. Who tries to enter the young woman's room while Boy Willie was there?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her old boyfriend.

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

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

15. What advice does Lymon give to Berniece about her relationship with Avery?
(a) Lymon advises Berniece to marry Avery.
(b) Lymon does not know that Berniece is in a relationship with Avery.
(c) Lymon advises Berniece to leave Avery.
(d) Lymon advises Berniece to lie to Avery about her feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Berniece to stop carrying the load of her family history?

2. Who does Avery believe is the only one that has the power to exorcise Sutter's ghost?

3. When Berniece sees Boy Willie telling Maretha stories, what does she ask Boy Willie to do?

4. What does Avery argue that a pastor needs to attract an audience?

5. What is the name of the young woman that Boy Willie comes home with?

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