The Piano Lesson, 1st Quiz

___ is the city in which the play is set.

• New York

• Pittsburgh

• Sunflower

• Chicago

The play opens when ...

• Sutter falls down his well

• Berniece tells Boy Willie she refuses to sell the piano.

• Lymon's truck breaks down

• Boy Willie knocks on Berniece's door at 5 AM.

At the beginning of the play, Boy Willie is described as...

• obnoxious, impulsive, talkative

• , creative, quiet

• jealous, rude, mature

• friendly, kind, and crazy

Boy Willie plans to get the money to buy Sutter's land by

• playing poker with Doaker and Wining boy

• selling the watermelons and taking a part-time job in the building where Avery works

• using his savings, selling watermelons, and selling the family piano

• talking Doaker into selling his house, selling the watermelons, and selling the family piano

Berniece blames Boy Willie

• for Crawley's death

• because the law is looking for Lymon

• for Maretha's decision to play the guiter

• their mother's not playing the piano

Boy Willie has ___ weeks to come up with the money to buy Sutter's land.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Avery works in a building where he

• cleans offices

• prepares lunches for businessmen

• operates the elevator

• serves as a chaplain (pastor)

Who stated, "They looked like anybody else except they all had sheep heads and was making noise like sheep make."

• Boy Willie

• Doaker

• Wining Boy

• Avery

Said "You killed Crawley just as sure as if you pulled the trigger."

• Boy Willie

• Doaker

• Berniece

• Avery

The piano was important to Berniece because....

• Mr. Sutter wanted a record of the slaves he sold.

• it represented the family's history

• paper was not available on the Sutter plantation

• Boy Willie friends and family pictures were on the piano.