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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. Who does Wining Boy reveal he helped bail out of jail?
(a) Lymon.
(b) Lymon's father.
(c) Lymon's cousin.
(d) Lymon's brother.

2. What is the name of Wining Boy's late ex-wife?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Clarity.
(c) Cleotha.
(d) Clementine.

3. Whose faces are carved into the piano legs at Sutter's request?
(a) His slaves' faces.
(b) His parents' faces.
(c) His children's faces.
(d) His and his wife's face.

4. Who teases Doaker about the women who are after him?
(a) Avery.
(b) Boy Willie.
(c) Lymon.
(d) Berniece.

5. Where does Berniece bring her daughter at the end of the first act, in the first scene?
(a) To the doctor's office.
(b) To church.
(c) To the cemetary.
(d) To school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character admits to being on the run from the police?

2. Which of the following was NOT an element in Avery's significant dream?

3. What has Wining Boy brought to the city to pawn?

4. Which character has a change of heart after seeing Sutter's ghost and now believes that the piano should be sold?

5. Which character is afraid to sleep upstairs alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ophelia's reaction to the trade between her husband and Nolander?

2. What story does Boy Willie tell his sister about the dog he had as a child?

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

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

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

6. How did Sutter attempt to reconcile the trade with Nolander and keep his wife happy? What was the reaction?

7. What does Boy Willie believe about the laws of the white man?

8. After his night out on the town in his "magic" suit, how did Lymon fare with the ladies?

9. What happens when Wining Boy goes to the city to pawn his belongings?

10. What happens when Boy Willie and Lymon attempt to move the piano for its potential buyer?

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