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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cory wearing when he arrives home and meets Raynell for the first time since she was a baby?
(a) The clothes he wears to collect garbage.
(b) Troy's old suit.
(c) A marine sergeant's uniform.
(d) A track suit.

2. When Rose agrees to take care of the baby, what does she say Troy will be from that moment on?
(a) A money provider only.
(b) A bad example for Cory.
(c) A womanless man.
(d) Only a visitor to the house.

3. Before Rose can react to Troy's confession about an affair, who interrupts their conversation?
(a) Bono.
(b) Lyons.
(c) Cory.
(d) Gabriel.

4. When Rose comes out, Gabriel arrives prepared to do what?
(a) Play his horn loudly at Troy's funeral.
(b) Move back into the house that actually belongs to him.
(c) Blow the gates of heaven open for Troy.
(d) Tear down the fence he's always hated.

5. After Rose and Troy discuss Gabriel, what does Troy tell Rose to do?
(a) Make dinner.
(b) Give him $50.
(c) Get him a drink.
(d) Send Cory out.

6. At the end of the play, why does Lyons go into the house?
(a) He's living in the house now.
(b) He's going to take away Troy's things.
(c) Rose calls him to come eat breakfast.
(d) He wants to borrow money from Rose.

7. While Cory is inside looking for another saw, what does Bono tell Troy to be careful about?
(a) About alienating Cory.
(b) About wasting too much time on the fence.
(c) About spending too much money on the fence.
(d) About carrying on with two women.

8. Which character in the play is not seen onstage?
(a) Cory.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Lyons.
(d) Gabriel.

9. For what reason does Rose tell Raynell to come in and get dressed?
(a) They are going to Troy's funeral.
(b) Rose wants to see if Raynell's new dress fits.
(c) They have errands to do.
(d) Rose doesn't want Raynell seen in the yard in her night clothes.

10. What does Gabriel do when he realizes there is no sound coming from his horn?
(a) He begins crying.
(b) He embraces Rose.
(c) He falls to the gound.
(d) He begins to dance.

11. Troy says that he made a hit when he met Rose, got to first base with Cory, and that Alberta makes him feel so good he could __________ (fill in the blank).
(a) Hit a home run.
(b) Hit a ball out of the park.
(c) Play in the World Series.
(d) Steal second.

12. What does Rose say that angers Troy so much that he grabs her arm when she starts to go in the house?
(a) Rose says that Troy can just go ahead and live with Alberta.
(b) Rose says she's going to tell Cory the truth.
(c) Rose says that she is going to leave Troy.
(d) Rose says Troy is a taker not a giver.

13. When Troy goes towards Cory to hit him, how does Cory defend himself?
(a) With Troy's baseball bat.
(b) By swinging the porch swing at Troy.
(c) By hiding behind a bush.
(d) With a fence post.

14. What does Lyons tell Cory that Troy always said about trouble?
(a) Trouble follows you always.
(b) It's bad to rely on luck to solve your troubles.
(c) You always have to take the bad with the good.
(d) Good people have bad times just the same as bad people.

15. What does Bono answer in reply to Cory's question about why they need a fence?
(a) He says that Rose's garden is important to her.
(b) He says that Rose wants to protect them because she loves them.
(c) He says that Rose is tired of people cutting through her yard.
(d) He says that Rose wants to put up a barrier between them and the neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Raynell comes outside, what does she ask Cory?

2. In their conversation alone outside the house, what does Lyons tell Cory that Troy knows?

3. What does Gabriel do when Lyons tries to help him?

4. What argument does Troy use to talk Rose into taking care of the baby?

5. When Troy yells at Cory to get away from his (Troy's) house, what does Cory respond?

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