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

2. Tony and Bono get together on the Friday night on which Fences begins. What is their reason for doing so?
(a) To drink beer and talk.
(b) To take their wives to the movies.
(c) To watch a football game.
(d) To complain to the boss about their pay.

3. What does Bono say about Alberta?
(a) Bono says that he wants to ask Alberta out.
(b) Bono says that Alberta is going to be promoted.
(c) Bono says that Troy has been spending a lot of time with her.
(d) Bono says that he went to grade school with Alberta.

4. On the day the play begins, what did the boss do when he caught Troy and Bono's co-worker doing something wrong?
(a) He hit the co-worker.
(b) He penalized the co-worker by reducing his pay.
(c) He fired the co-worker.
(d) He did nothing.

5. What is Rose doing when Cory returns home from football practice?
(a) She is sweeping the sidewalk.
(b) She is mowing the lawn.
(c) She is taking clothes off the line.
(d) She is watering the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lyons shows up, what does Troy correctly think he wants?

2. At the end of Rose and Troy's conversation about Gabriel's money, where does Troy go?

3. What does Troy remember about his own father?

4. Which of the following characters is not related to Troy?

5. When Troy complains about Cory, what does Rose ask Troy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rose's response to Troy's confession about Alberta?

2. What has Bono been doing on Friday nights instead of drinking beer with Troy?

3. Why did Troy go to prison as a young man?

4. What outside chore does Troy want Cory to help him with when Cory comes home from football practice?

5. After Bono and Troy's conversation about Alberta, Bono leaves and then Troy confesses what to Rose?

6. What does Troy say to his baby daughter?

7. Why does Troy say that it doesn't matter that he doesn't have a driver's license?

8. After Lyons leaves, and Cory is left alone in the yard, what does he do, unaware that Troy is watching him?

9. Where is Rose taking Raynell and a cake?

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

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