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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. Whose names does Gabriel say are in Saint Peter's book?

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

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

4. What does Rose say in response to Troy's comment that she's supposed to come when she's called?

5. Why does Gabriel say his own name is not in Saint Peter's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Troy, many months after revealing his affair, still coming home every night?

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

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

4. What does Rose say Raynell brought into her life?

5. What does Troy say in response to Cory's question about why Troy has never liked him?

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

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

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

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

10. Who does Gabriel think he is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the structure of the play, examining the time frame during which the play is set. How does Wilson alert the audience/reader to the passage of time from scene to scene? In your analysis, include your ideas about why Wilson made the decision to start the play when Cory was a high school student and end it nearly eight years later. Discuss the ways changes in other characters could only have been accomplished by using that time frame.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the character of Lyons. How he is related to the other characters in the book? What are his dreams and difficulties? Why might the playwright have included Lyons' character?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how money affects the following characters: Troy, Cory, and Lyons. Explain why money is an issue for each and what each character does about the issue during the course of the play.

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