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

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

4. Who is Blue?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to Gabriel's money after he was moved from the boarding house?

3. When Cory come home after having been gone for years, how is he dressed?

4. Why does Troy tell Cory that he needs to get a full-time job?

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

6. When he comes home for Troy's funeral, what does Cory find out that Lyons has been doing over the last few years?

7. What does Troy say to his baby daughter?

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

9. What warning does Bono give Troy about Rose?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Rose's decision to raise the baby Troy fathered with another woman. In what way is her decision a reflection of her characteristics throughout the play? In what way does her decision change her relationship with Troy? In what way does her decision change her life both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the specific events which lead to Troy's downfall. Mention each character in the book and how Troy's loss of control is manifested by each.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the August Wilson poem, which appears before the play, applies to the play's characters and themes.

"When the sins of our fathers visit us

We do not have to play house.

We can banish them with forgiveness

As God, in His Largeness and his Laws."

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