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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 their local grocery store is clean or not.
(c) Whether they should patronize the new supermarket on the corner.
(d) Whether you should shop where you get a good deal or where they know you.

2. Why does Troy say that he's not impressed that Cory's being scouted by a football recruiter?
(a) Because Cory isn't really talented.
(b) Because Cory will never amount to anything.
(c) Because there's no money to be made by black men playing sports.
(d) Because Cory isn't making the kind of money he should to help his parents out.

3. What do Rose and Bono say about Troy's long stories?
(a) That they are different every time.
(b) That he should not tell them to children.
(c) That they are proof that Troy drinks too much.
(d) That there is a lot of truth in them.

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

5. How much compensation did Gabriel receive as a result of his injury?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $10, 000.
(c) $100.
(d) $3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tony and Bono get together on the Friday night on which Fences begins. What is their reason for doing so?

2. Where does Cory work?

3. After Rose sends Cory out to help Troy, what do Cory and Troy work on silently for some time before talking to each other?

4. Which two characters have told stories which are not entirely based on reality?

5. What does Troy say in response to Rose's concern about Gabriel?

(see the answer key)

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