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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Lyons actually doing when he puts his hand in his pocket?
(a) Lyons is going to show he has no money and to ask for more.
(b) Lyons is going to jingle his change to show he's got money in his pocket.
(c) Lyons plans to pay back the $10 he borrowed from Troy earlier.
(d) Lyons is going to pay Bono back.

3. While they are working together, for what reason does Troy say Cory should be grateful to him?
(a) That Troy is a good church-going man.
(b) That Troy put a roof over his head and food in his mouth.
(c) That Rose and Troy are still together.
(d) That Troy has never beaten him.

4. When Troy comments that Hank Aaron is doing well, what is Troy's response?
(a) He says that Aaron is a sellout.
(b) He says that Aaron is going to burn out in no time.
(c) He says that that's only one example.
(d) He says that he was a better player than Aaron.

5. What happened to Troy's mother?
(a) She died when Troy was a baby.
(b) She shot Troy's father and was sent to prison.
(c) She ran off when Troy was eight.
(d) She went to live with Troy's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rose asks Gabriel if he wants breakfast, what does he say?

2. Who does Gabriel think he is?

3. Earlier in the day, what had one of Troy and Bono's co-workers been caught doing?

4. What does Bono say about Alberta?

5. What sport does Bono say Troy excelled at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Troy tell about the time he met the devil?

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

3. While Troy and Bono are celebrating, for what reason does Lyons come to see Rose and Troy?

4. What did Gabriel receive as compensation for his injury?

5. Why did the hospital call Troy after Alberta's death?

6. Why does Gabriel say that the bad men arrested him?

7. How does Cory respond when Troy tells him how much he has done for Cory?

8. Why does Cory say he has come home for Troy's funeral?

9. What does Troy say when Rose wonders who's going to bury Alberta?

10. What is Troy's answer to Rose's question about why he won't let Cory play football?

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