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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Berniece ask Avery to do now that Maretha has seen Sutter's ghost?
(a) Burn the house down.
(b) Transform the house into a church.
(c) Bless the house.
(d) Take the piano out of the house.

2. What is the name of the character who attempts to barge in on Boy Willie while he is with the young woman?
(a) Lars.
(b) Leroy.
(c) Larry.
(d) Lyle.

3. What does Avery suggest Berniece start doing to keep herself busy and involved in the church?
(a) A Sunday school.
(b) A choir.
(c) A Bible study.
(d) A band.

4. 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) God.
(c) The angels.
(d) The devil.

5. What is the real name of the Yellow Dog railway?
(a) The Yahoo Delta Railway.
(b) The Razor Delta Railway.
(c) The Yazoo Delta Railway.
(d) The Rainbow Delta Railway.

6. Which character arrives to the final scene late, searching for Lymon to go to the movies?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Grace.
(c) Maretha.
(d) Mama Ola.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. How does the family member respond to the sight of Boy Willie and the young woman kissing?
(a) By turning around and ignoring the scene.
(b) By demanding that Boy WIllie and woman leave.
(c) By cursing Boy WIllie and the woman but allowing them to stay.
(d) By breaking out into laughter.

14. When did Berniece stop playing the piano?
(a) When her husband died.
(b) When her sister died.
(c) When her mother died.
(d) When her father died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the weapon belong to before Berniece takes it for protection?

2. How far does the pair move the piano before their attempts are thwarted?

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

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

5. Boy Willie exhibits what emotion while attempting to move the piano for its potential buyer?

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