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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. After the story about Boy Charles' death, what does the family hear Maretha doing at the end of the first act?
(a) Praying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Crying.
(d) Singing.

2. Berniece claims she saw what before she left the house on the day that Wining Boy went to the city?
(a) The ghost of Yellow Dog.
(b) Dark shadows dancing.
(c) Her father's face.
(d) Sutter's ghost.

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

4. Which character has a change of heart after seeing Sutter's ghost and now believes that the piano should be sold?
(a) Wining Boy.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Doaker.

5. What is the name of Berniece's daughter?
(a) Molly.
(b) Margret.
(c) Mama Ola.
(d) Maretha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Boy Willie the story of the way that Boy Charles was killed?

2. Which of the following characters does NOT attempt to move the piano?

3. What color is the ghost wearing?

4. After meeting a ghost on the railroad tracks, Wining Boy claims that he has had good luck for how long?

5. Who purchases clothing from Wining Boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Lymon's father killed?

3. What connection does Doaker make between travel and happiness?

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

5. What confrontation do Boy Willie and Berniece get into as Boy Willie watches Berniece comb Maretha's hair?

6. 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?

7. Whose ghost does Berniece think that she sees, and what does it tell her?

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

9. What does Lymon tell Berniece he is looking for in a woman?

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

(see the answer keys)

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