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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What card game does Doaker frequently play?
(a) Euchre.
(b) Solitaire.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Poker.

4. What does Berniece tell Maretha would make the process of combing her hair easier?
(a) If Maretha were a boy.
(b) If Maretha were older.
(c) If Maretha were more responsible.
(d) If Maretha were prettier.

5. WIning Boy has written a song about whom, which he plays in the final scene of the play?
(a) Mama Ola.
(b) Crawley.
(c) Boy Charles.
(d) Cleotha.

6. What sound is heard as the pair are attempting to move the piano for the potential buyer?
(a) Sutter's ghost whispering.
(b) Sutter's ghost screaming.
(c) Sutter's ghost singing.
(d) Sutter's ghost moaning.

7. Who does Boy Willie accuse, other than Avery, of picking and choosing the scriptures that they believe in?
(a) Wining Boy.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Doaker.
(d) Lymon.

8. What does Berniece claim her mother could hear when the piano was played?
(a) The music of heaven.
(b) The moaning of the undead.
(c) Her father speaking to her.
(d) The singing of the slaves.

9. 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 Ghosts of Yellow Dog.
(d) The Sutter family ghosts.

10. Who does the weapon belong to before Berniece takes it for protection?
(a) Crawley.
(b) Mama Ola.
(c) Cleotha.
(d) Boy Charles.

11. Who did Boy Willie beg to resurrect his dead pet?
(a) His school teacher.
(b) A priest.
(c) God.
(d) His father.

12. The thwarting character emerges from what room to stop the pair from moving the piano?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The bedroom.

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

14. Who arrives to the final scene late with rope to move the piano?
(a) Grace.
(b) Dolly,
(c) Lymon.
(d) Wining Boy.

15. What does Boy Willie claim the railway sounds like when the trains hit the wind?
(a) Like a dog growling.
(b) Like a dog barking.
(c) Like a dog howling.
(d) Like a dog whining.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The thwarting character demands that the pair wait for which character to return home before selling the piano?

3. What is the name of the character who attempts to barge in on Boy Willie while he is with the young woman?

4. On the night that Boy Willie brings the young woman home, where does Lymon say that he has been?

5. What advice does Berniece give to Maretha as she is combing her hair?

(see the answer keys)

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