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August Wilson

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The piano was originally given as a gift to

a)

Joel Nolander's wife

b)

Cleotha

c)

Berniece and Boy Willie's great grandmother

d)

Miss Ophelia Sutter

2.

The carvings on the piano were done by

a)

Boy Willie and Berniece's great grandfather

b)

Mama Berniece

c)

Mr. Nolander

d)

Mama Ola

3.

They talk to you where the Yellow Dog crosses the Southern

a)

Doaker and Wining Boy

b)

Mr. Nolander and Mr. Sutter

c)

The Ghosts of the Yellow Dog

d)

The Charles family's ancestors

4.

The person who gave his life for the piano

a)

Boy Charles

b)

Mama Ola

c)

Wining boy

d)

Ed Saunders

5.

The piano was stolen from Sutter on

a)

Christmas Eve

b)

Labor Day

c)

Fourth of July

d)

Thanksgiving Day

6.

Polished the piano "with her tears for seventeen years"

a)

Berniece

b)

Mama Ola

c)

Esther

d)

Coreen

7.

Said "If I see Sutter's ghost I'll be on the first thing I find that got wheels on it."

a)

Boy Willie

b)

Doaker

c)

Wining Boy

d)

Avery

8.

Said "She need to go out here and let one of these fellows grab a whole handful of whatever she got. She act like it done got precious.

a)

Boy Willie

b)

Doaker

c)

Wining Boy

d)

Avery

9.

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

a)

Boy Willie

b)

Doaker

c)

Lymon

d)

Wining Boy

10.

Said "I went down there and right there where them two railroads cross each other ... I stood right there on that spot and called out their names. They talk back to you too."

a)

Wining Boy

b)

Doaker

c)

Lymon

d)

Avery

11.

Sang "I am a rambling gambling man."

a)

Boy Willie

b)

Doaker

c)

Wining boy

d)

Lymon

12.

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

a)

Boy Willie

b)

Doaker

c)

Berniece

d)

Avery

13.

The carvings were originally made on the piano because ...

a)

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

b)

Miss Ophelia missed her slaves.

c)

Paper was not available on the Sutter plantation

d)

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

14.

Made the original carvings on the piano.

a)

Boy Charles

b)

Mama Ola's people

c)

Sutter

d)

Willie Boy