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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What argument do Rose, Troy, and Bono have about grocery stores?
(a) Whether it's possible to make a profit on a small grocery store in this day and age.
(b) Whether they should patronize the new supermarket on the corner.
(c) Whether their local grocery store is clean or not.
(d) Whether you should shop where you get a good deal or where they know you.

2. What is Troy's response to Cory's question about why Troy never liked him?
(a) Troy says that he questions who Cory's real father is.
(b) Troy says that Cory is a responsibility but that Troy doesn't have to like him.
(c) Troy says that Cory has always been too much trouble.
(d) Troy says that Rose never let Troy take part in raising Cory.

3. What does Troy say about his faithfulness to Rose?
(a) Troy says he has only had two or three affairs since he and Rose married.
(b) Troy says he has been faithful to Rose.
(c) Troy says that he has had fewer affairs than Rose has.
(d) Troy says Bono will have to guess whether or not he's been faithful.

4. Who lives with Rose and Troy?
(a) Bono.
(b) Cory.
(c) Lyons.
(d) Gabriel.

5. After Gabriel leaves, what does Rose tell Troy she's heard about Gabriel?
(a) That he's not eating right at the boarding house.
(b) That he beat up a woman.
(c) That he's begun acting crazy at church.
(d) That he's been playing the lottery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose say Cory wants to hear from Troy?

2. On the day the play begins, what does Troy confront his boss about?

3. On the day the play begins, what did the boss do when he caught Troy and Bono's co-worker doing something wrong?

4. When Troy comments that Hank Aaron is doing well, what is Troy's response?

5. When Troy returns from listening to the ball game and caresses Rose suggestively, what is Rose's response?

(see the answer key)

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