The Piano Lesson

Polished the piano "with her tears for seventeen years"

• Berniece

• Mama Ola

• Esther

• Coreen

Said "She don't need no water. She ain't seen nothing. Go on up there and look."

• Boy Willie

• Doaker

• Wining Boy

• Avery

Said "I used to thank the Lord. Many a night I sat and looked out over my life. Said, well, I had Cleotha."

• Boy Willie

• Doaker

• Lymon

• Wining Boy

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

• Boy Willie

• Doaker

• Berniece

• Avery

Characters who seem to want Boy Willie to leave ...

• Avery and Lymon

• Doaker and Berniece

• Doaker and Wining Boy

• Berniece and Maretha

The carvings were originally made on the piano because ...

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

• Miss Ophelia missed her slaves.

• Paper was not available on the Sutter plantation

• Doaker's grandfather felt it important to capture family history.

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 is Berneice's

• 30-year-old brother from Sunflower, MS

• uncle who owns the house in Pittsburgh

• husband

• the ghost haunting the family

Who is the character that polished the piano with her tears for seventeen years?

• Berniece

• Mama Ola

• Esther

• Coreen

Who said 'She don't need no water. She ain't seen nothing. Go on up there and look.'?

• Boy Willie

• Doaker

• Wining Boy

• Avery