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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. Which of the following characters is NOT involved in stealing the piano from the Sutter home?
(a) Boy Charles.
(b) Wining Boy.
(c) Boy Willie.
(d) Doaker.

2. Boy Willie is trying to sell his fruit in what type of neighborhood?
(a) Poor white neighborhoods.
(b) Rich black neighborhoods.
(c) Poor black neighborhoods.
(d) Rich white neighborhoods.

3. Which character admits to having spent time in prison?
(a) Uncle Doaker.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Berniece.
(d) Lymon.

4. Who does Doaker suspect Berniece is having a relationship with?
(a) Avery.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Wining Boy.
(d) Sutter.

5. Which character believes that life would be much easier if people stayed at home and appreciated their lives instead of traveling?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Lymon.
(c) Avery.
(d) Doaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound is heard by the characters who attempt to move the piano?

2. When Boy Willie realizes that Wining Boy is in town, what does he ask him for?

3. Which character is afraid to sleep upstairs alone?

4. What was Wining Boy's occupation while he was married?

5. Who offers herself to Wining Boy as repayment for helping bail a family member out of jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson does Boy Willie give Maretha on the piano?

2. How does Boy Willie respond to Doaker's intrusion as he is attempting to move the piano?

3. How did Sutter react to the disappearance of his prized piano?

4. What happens when Boy Willie continues to insist that he be told the name of the prospective buyer for the piano?

5. What events have prompted Doaker to believe that Berniece should sell the piano as soon as possible?

6. How does Berniece react when she sees Boy Willie attempting to move the piano?

7. What realization does Boy Willie make when he hears his heart beating as a "black man's heart"?

8. Why does Avery believe that Berniece should start a choir in her home?

9. How did the piano come into the possession of the Charles family?

10. What role does Berniece play in the exorcism of Sutter's ghost?

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