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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of going back inside as Troy asks her to, what story does Rose (with Troy's help) tell Bono?

2. What is Rose doing when Cory returns home from football practice?

3. When Cory returns home, Rose tells him that Troy is angry for what reason?

4. Where does the money come from that Rose gives Lyons?

5. What does Troy say about a boy who lies to his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Troy feel he is being treated unfairly at work?

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

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

8. What did Troy finish before he died?

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

10. Who does Gabriel think he is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reason(s) why Cory may have chosen a different path for himself by the end of the play, explaining how it seemed from the beginning of the play that history might be repeating itself in the story of father and son.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the evolution of Troy and Bono's relationship, explaining how long the two had been friends, how their relationship could be described at the beginning of the play, as well as how and why it changed by the end of the play.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ways in which baseball terms are used metaphorically throughout the play. Give examples of when and how at least a dozen terms are used.

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