Characters
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The Charles' Family
MIscellaneous
100
This man is boyish and loud-when watching the movie, the audience usually says "he hype"
What is Boy Willie
100
Lymon has one thing on his mind
What is women
100
BW and Lymon drove into town at this time
What is 5:00 AM
100
The hard working mother that rubbed the piano with oil and her tears every morning
What is Mama Ola
100
Lymon will get some money if he gets to sell the piano
What is Boy Willie
200
The older sister of the two, she is bossy and does not want to get married right now
What is Berniece
200
Wining Boy always asks for more of this when the men sit down to talk
What is a drink
200
This is where the men were working when Crawley got killed
What is the Parchman farm
200
She cried over the loss of her slaves until her piano had their faces carved on it.
What is Miss Ophelia
200
This ghost may have "yellow" in its name, but it is wearing this color suit
What is blue
300
A "rambler man", he is known for asking for money and playing on the piano...sometimes drunk
What is Wining Boy
300
BW wants this from Sutter's family to be more of a man
What is land
300
This song was a big hit in class. Many groups performed their rendition of it and the movie version is very powerful.
What is "Oh Berta"
300
This father stole the piano out of the Sutter house because it represented his family history and slave ties to the Sutter name.
What is Papa Boy Charles
300
How the ghost got its name is not because it had a dog on the outside of the box car. It got its name by these characteristics.
What are the train whistle (like a dog) and the yellow color of the box car
400
The sensible uncle, this man sides with Berniece and is a railroad cook
What is Doaker
400
If people are buying what BW and Lymon have, they probably want this
What is watermelons
400
The amount of years Crawley has been dead
What is three years
400
Papa Boy Charles and his wife had three sons. These two are the only ones alive.
What are Doaker and Wining Boy
400
Berniece is not only upset that Boy Willie wants to sell the piano. She is also upset over this tragedy that happened three years ago.
What is the death of her husband
500
poor boy, he just wants a woman but they seem to always run off from him...maybe he is not truly a changed man
What is Lymon
500
Avery believes that to be a pastor, it would be more suitable if he had this
What is a wife
500
The number of Hobos that were killed in the fire with Papa Boy Charles
What is four
500
The great-grand daughter of Mama Esther
What is Maretha
500
Lymon was shot here when he was hauling wood on the Parchman farm that unfortunate night.
What is his stomach