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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. When Gabriel first appears, what is he carrying?

2. What is Troy's response to Rose's argument that times have changed?

3. What does Troy say in response to Rose's concern about Gabriel?

4. After working silently for a while with Troy, Cory tries to make small talk about baseball and Troy makes which of the following comments?

5. When Lyons appears, what makes Troy ask him why he's not in jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Cory comes home from football practice, why is Rose upset with him?

3. What reason does Bono give Cory when he asks why Rose wants a fence?

4. Who does Gabriel think he is?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain how foreshadowing is used effectively in the play. Give examples of at least five instances in which foreshadowing comes into play--both from the standpoint of the foreshadowing itself and the event or dialogue it predicts.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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