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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. Earlier in the day, what had one of Troy and Bono's co-workers been caught doing?
(a) Trying to leave early.
(b) Trying to steal a watermelon.
(c) Trying to kiss the secretary.
(d) Trying to block the driveway.

2. When Cory answers Troy's question about whether he's just come home with "yeah," what does Troy remind him?
(a) Troy reminds Cory he should have been home a long time ago.
(b) Troy reminds Cory to call him "sir."
(c) Troy reminds Cory that he said he wouldn't go to practice on Saturday.
(d) Troy reminds Cory that he should speak in complete sentences.

3. As Cory runs out of the house, late for a game, what does Rose say to him?
(a) That she hopes he wins.
(b) That the recruiter called him again.
(c) That she'll make his favorite dinner.
(d) That his room is a mess.

4. Which two characters have told stories which are not entirely based on reality?
(a) Troy and Lyons.
(b) Gabriel and Lyons.
(c) Troy and Gabriel.
(d) Bono and Troy.

5. After working silently for a while with Troy, Cory tries to make small talk about baseball and Troy makes which of the following comments?
(a) Troy says that he wants Cory to quit the team.
(b) Troy says that there are too many Hispanics playing now.
(c) Troy says that the game isn't what it used to be.
(d) Troy says that the white men are running the game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cory work?

2. What does Troy say about the fact that Lyons wants to be a musician?

3. On the day the play begins, what did the boss do when he caught Troy and Bono's co-worker doing something wrong?

4. Troy says that all he's got strength to do is __________ (fill in the blank).

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Troy say in response to Rose's comment on a neighbor who won some money playing the lottery?

2. When Troy is left alone in the yard, to whom does he speak?

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

4. Why is Rose upset with Cory when he leaves for a football game?

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

6. What does Rose say was the reason why Troy never got to play in the major leagues?

7. What does Lyons tell Cory when Cory says he can't find a job?

8. What does Rose tell Troy he should do when the recruiter comes?

9. Where is Rose taking Raynell and a cake?

10. What did Troy finish before he died?

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