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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. How does Cory respond to his mother as he leaves the house, hurrying because he is late for a game?
(a) He says that he'll call the recruiter back when he gets home.
(b) He says that he will clean his room when he gets home.
(c) He says that he'll bring chicken home for his mother.
(d) He says that he'll be home immediately after the game.

2. What does Rose say in response to Troy's comment that she's supposed to come when she's called?
(a) She says she's not a dog.
(b) She says she isn't Troy's slave.
(c) She says she doesn't like Troy to talk to her like that in front of Bono.
(d) She says she didn't hear Troy call her.

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 Rose and Troy are still together.
(c) That Troy put a roof over his head and food in his mouth.
(d) That Troy has never beaten him.

4. What does Troy do after he talks about still having strength left to have sex with Rose?
(a) Puts his arms around Rose.
(b) Leaves for the corner bar.
(c) Goes into the house.
(d) Sits down on the porch swing.

5. What does Troy say in response to Rose's concern about Gabriel?
(a) He says that Gabriel has plenty of people looking out for him.
(b) He says they should look in on Gabriel more often.
(c) He says that Gabriel is fine and not to worry.
(d) He says that Gabriel likes Rose to feel sorry for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lyons appears, what makes Troy ask him why he's not in jail?

2. What does Troy say about his faithfulness to Rose?

3. What descriptive word does Troy use when he complains about Cory to Rose?

4. What is Troy's response to Rose's argument that times have changed?

5. As Troy complains about how everybody manages his money for him, Gabriel arrives carrying what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Troy say in response to Bono's comment that he's been spending a lot of time with a woman named Alberta?

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

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

4. During their argument about Alberta, Troy grasps Rose's arm; how does Rose get free from Troy's grasp?

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

6. What does Troy say to his baby daughter?

7. What does Gabriel do at the end of the play?

8. What comment do Rose and Bono make about Troy's tall tales?

9. Who does Gabriel think he is?

10. For what reason does Troy rightly assume that Lyons has come to see them?

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