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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. What does Wining Boy say he felt breezing through the wind on his last trip home?
(a) Fear.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Death.
(d) Riches.

2. Who offers herself to Wining Boy as repayment for helping bail a family member out of jail?
(a) Lymon's mother.
(b) Lymon's sister.
(c) Lymon's cousin.
(d) Lymon's aunt.

3. When Wining Boy returns from the city, where has Berniece gone?
(a) To jail.
(b) To church.
(c) To work.
(d) To the hospital.

4. How does Boy Willie react to the story of Boy Charles' death?
(a) He is amused.
(b) He is stunned.
(c) He is enraged.
(d) He is apathetic.

5. What does Avery do for a living?
(a) He is a preacher.
(b) He is a blacksmith.
(c) He is a carpenter.
(d) He is a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lymon wants to go to what city, hoping for better treatment from white people?

2. How much money does Wining Boy ask for as a loan from Doaker?

3. Which member of the Sutter family desperately wanted the piano?

4. How does the Ghost of the Yellow Dog kill the mob members as revenge for Boy Charles' death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Berniece and Lymon's conversation turns to Avery, what advice does Lymon give to Berniece about the relationship?

2. Why does Berniece send Maretha to the store on the day that Boy Willie intends to remove the piano?

3. How was Lymon's father killed?

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

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

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

7. Why won't Wining Boy play the piano when he is asked to?

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

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

10. When Boy Willie and Lymon realize that they cannot move the piano, how do they respond?

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