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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the hospital contact Troy?
(a) To give blood.
(b) To file a missing persons report.
(c) To sign the papers for Alberta to be put in the mental institution.
(d) To pick up his and Alberta's baby.

2. Left alone, what song does Troy sing?
(a) A song about a dog.
(b) A song about love.
(c) A song about loss.
(d) A song about traveling the roads.

3. What does Cory say when Troy talks about how much he's given Cory?
(a) Cory tells Troy all he's ever done is to hold him back.
(b) Cory says that he wishes Troy was not his father.
(c) Cory says that Troy has only done what fathers are supposed to do.
(d) Cory says that Troy has never given him anything.

4. Troy tells Rose he needs to do what in order to help Gabriel?
(a) Keep him from gambling.
(b) Keep him away from liquor.
(c) Come up with $50 bail.
(d) Fix things with his boss.

5. What does Bono answer in reply to Cory's question about why they need a fence?
(a) He says that Rose wants to protect them because she loves them.
(b) He says that Rose's garden is important to her.
(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.

6. As Lyons arrives calling for her, Rose comes out to tell him what?
(a) To be quiet so he won't wake Raynell.
(b) That Troy has been taking good care of Raynell.
(c) That he should come into the house when he wants her.
(d) That he should come over more often.

7. When Cory comes home while Lyons is visiting, where has he been?
(a) Playing football.
(b) Working.
(c) Looking for a job.
(d) At the movies.

8. After she has dealt with the reality of Troy's affair, what does Rose tell him about her feelings concerning the affair?
(a) That she has come to accept the situation.
(b) That she's had enough.
(c) That she's ready to forgive him.
(d) That she wants him to rethink his situation.

9. What is Troy doing with the baby as Rose comes out from the house and listens to him?
(a) Singing a lullaby to the baby.
(b) Telling the baby the history of the family.
(c) Tapping his foot and rocking the baby.
(d) Humming an old song about a dog.

10. What does Gabriel know at the end of the play?
(a) That Troy is not in heaven.
(b) That the gates of heaven are open.
(c) That life will be better for him now.
(d) That he's gotten his revenge.

11. Who does Troy say will see in the future what he's really made of?
(a) Alberta.
(b) God.
(c) Rose.
(d) Death.

12. What does Cory want to know about the fence?
(a) How much money they'll be wasting on the fence.
(b) Why Rose wants a fence in the first place.
(c) How long it will take to get the fence finished.
(d) Why he has to help with the fence.

13. After Lyons leaves, what does Cory do alone in the yard, not knowing that Troy is watching him?
(a) Tears down some bushes.
(b) Swings Troy's bat.
(c) Works on the fence.
(d) Kicks a football.

14. Gabriel had been living at the boarding house, but during Rose and Troy's conversation, it is revealed that Gabriel is now living where?
(a) At the boarding house.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In an asylum.
(d) At the bar.

15. Once Rose and Troy are alone, what does Rose say about Troy's affair?
(a) Rose says that she thought Bono had been dropping hints about the affair.
(b) Rose says she's been a good woman and a good wife to Troy.
(c) Rose says Cory will be disappointed in him.
(d) Rose says she can't believe he's having an affair with her friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose tell Cory he can't escape?

2. At the beginning of the Act 2, Scene 5, the first time we see Raynell, why is she in the yard when Cory arrives?

3. 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).

4. How many children has Rose actually given birth to?

5. For what reason does Rose tell Raynell to come in and get dressed?

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