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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much fruit does Lyman and Boy Willie sell on the day that Wining Boy goes to the city?
(a) They sell none.
(b) A little.
(c) They sell every last one.
(d) Nearly all.

2. What type of song does Boy Willie play on the piano?
(a) A beginner's song.
(b) A dreamy lullabye.
(c) A jazzy boogie-woogie.
(d) An advanced jig.

3. Who does the grocery shopping in the Charles home?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Maretha.
(d) Boy Willie.

4. What does Doaker believe he sees Sutter's ghost doing, which he refuses to tell his sister about?
(a) Following Maretha to school.
(b) Chasing after Boy Willie.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Staring at Berniece while she slept.

5. How does Boy Willie react to Berniece's claim that she has seen a ghost?
(a) He thinks she is being ridiculous.
(b) He is terrified at the possibility.
(c) He is amused because there is no such thing as ghosts.
(d) He is confused why the ghost would come to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Boy Willie hope to sell to make a bit of money?

2. Whose death does Berniece accuse Boy Willie of having a hand in?

3. What does Boy Willie tell Wining Boy that he wants to purchase?

4. What does Doaker believe is the significance of Sutter's blue suit?

5. What does Avery do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Berniece ask Avery to do after Maretha has seen Sutter's ghost, and how does Avery respond?

2. What kind of fight does Boy Willie get into with Sutter's ghost?

3. How does Lymon come into possession of Wining Boy's suit?

4. What happens when Berniece threatens Boy Willie with the gun?

5. What does Boy Willie believe about the laws of the white man?

6. How does Avery believe Sutter died, and what reasoning does he give to back up his argument?

7. How was Lymon's father killed?

8. How does Berniece find out that Boy Willie intends to remove the piano that day, and how does she respond?

9. What happens when Boy Willie comes home from his date with Grace?

10. When Wining Boy arrives at Doaker's home, he wants to know what is happening with Boy Willie and his sales. What does Doaker tell him?

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