The Piano Lesson, Act 1

___ 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 Doaker's door at 5 AM.

In the stage directions, Boy Willie is described as

• brash, impulsive, talkative

• temperamental, creative, quiet

• jealous, rude, dishonest

• instinctive, diplomatic, thoughtful

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

When Berniece sees Sutter's ghost

• Everyone thinks she's making the story up

• Boy Willie doesn't think she's seen anything

• Berniece wants to stay somewhere else

• Lymon offers her a glass of water and tries to calm her down

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

Doaker's view of life is heavily colored by

• his experiences working on the railroad

• Wining Boy's music

• Coreen's leaving him and going to New York

• his desire to teach Maretha right from wrong

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

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

The piano was originally given as a gift to

• Joel Nolander's wife

• Cleotha

• Berniece and Boy Willie's great grandmother

• Miss Ophelia Sutter

The carvings on the piano were done by

• Boy Willie and Berniece's great grandfather

• Mama Berniece

• Mr. Nolander

• Mama Ola