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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. 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) Her father's face.
(c) Dark shadows dancing.
(d) Sutter's ghost.

2. Who carved the piano legs at Sutter's request?
(a) Doaker's grandfather.
(b) Doaker's father.
(c) Doaker's son.
(d) Doaker.

3. Which of the following characters does Boy Willie NOT ask about the potential buyer of the piano?
(a) Maretha.
(b) Berniece.
(c) Avery.
(d) Doaker.

4. What color is the ghost wearing?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. Doaker gives long instructions on the proper way to buy what grocery item?
(a) Collard greens.
(b) Ham hocks.
(c) Okra.
(d) Cow intestines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Wining Boy's profession?

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

3. What does Boy Willie encourage Berniece to do to get rid of the ghost?

4. How does Boy Willie react to the story of Boy Charles' death?

5. What name was the ghost repeating?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Berniece respond when she happens upon Boy Willie and Grace?

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

4. What does Boy Willie claim has happened to the man named Sutter?

5. How do Boy Willie and Lymon end up in Pittsburgh?

6. What happens between Boy Willie and Grace once they left to return to her apartment?

7. What is revealed about Wining Boy's life as a musician while married?

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

9. After a long day selling watermelons and trying to pawn clothing, how do the men in the Charles family settle down to relax?

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

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