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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose say is the reason that Troy never played in the major leagues?

2. What does Rose comment when Troy says that Gabriel can come and go at the boarding house just as he could at home?

3. What prompts Troy to tell a long story about how he saw Death in person?

4. What does Troy do after he talks about still having strength left to have sex with Rose?

5. When Troy says that blacks or Hispanics aren't being allowed to play baseball to their potential, how does Cory respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Cory answers a question about school by simply saying "yeah," what does Troy say to Cory?

2. What has Bono been doing on Friday nights instead of drinking beer with Troy?

3. Why is Troy upset about the $50 bail needed to get Gabriel out of jail?

4. What reason does Bono give Cory when he asks why Rose wants a fence?

5. Why is Troy, many months after revealing his affair, still coming home every night?

6. After Lyons arrives in Act 1, Scene 4, Gabriel reveals to Rose that he thinks Troy is mad at him for what reason?

7. For what reason does Troy rightly assume that Lyons has come to see them?

8. What outside chore does Troy want Cory to help him with when Cory comes home from football practice?

9. Why does Gabriel say that, although Rose and Troy's names are in Saint Peter's book, his name is not?

10. Why does Troy say he left home when he was a young man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Troy's attitude toward responsibility. Explain in detail what actions Troy takes in the play based on the importance he places on acting responsibly.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the relationship between Cory and Troy evolves from the beginning to the end of the play. Include such factors as Cory's early obedience to his father, his growing defiance, and his attitude at the end of the play.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the issue of racial prejudice in the play, both in terms of what are factual issues addressed and what are problems for which Troy claims exist only because of the domination of the white man over the black man.

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