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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is afraid to sleep upstairs alone?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Maretha.
(c) Berniece.
(d) Doaker.

2. What does Wining Boy carry with him that has a weight as heavy as a piano?
(a) His talent.
(b) His guilt.
(c) HIs fears.
(d) His questions.

3. What was Wining Boy's profession?
(a) He was a recording star.
(b) He was a coal miner.
(c) He was a backup dancer.
(d) He was a wine maker.

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

5. 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.

6. What beverage do the men drink while discussing Parchman Prison?
(a) Beer.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Vodka.

7. Who purchases clothing from Wining Boy?
(a) Boy Willie.
(b) Sutter.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Doaker.

8. Lymon and Boy Willie have come to sell what fruit?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Watermelon.
(d) Bananas.

9. Which character can be seen ironing his uniform?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Wining Boy.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Boy Willie.

10. Doaker works for what type of transportation?
(a) Taxis.
(b) Trains.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Subways.

11. What is the last name of the family that the story focuses on?
(a) Doaker.
(b) Sutter.
(c) Brown.
(d) Charles.

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

13. How does the Ghost of the Yellow Dog kill the mob members as revenge for Boy Charles' death?
(a) The Ghost drowns them.
(b) The Ghost stabs them.
(c) The Ghost shoots them.
(d) The Ghost sets them on fire.

14. Which family traded the piano to the Sutter family for slaves?
(a) The Benedicts.
(b) The Montagues.
(c) The Nolanders.
(d) The Whitmans.

15. Which member of the Sutter family desperately wanted the piano?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Veronica.
(c) Constance.
(d) Ophelia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Lymon comes home from work and changes, what does he want to go into the city looking for?

3. What does Boy Willie hope to buy from Sutter?

4. Boy Willie is trying to sell his fruit in what type of neighborhood?

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

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