Characters
Who is the character that enjoys playing the lottery and tasks Troy with building the fence in the backyard?
Rose
Which character says, "Lord, be a fence around me every day" ?
Rose
A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.
Taunt
Troy uses baseball ______ to discuss things in his life he finds hard to talk about.
idioms
Act 1, Scene 1: What happens during Troy and Bono's Friday night ritual.
Paychecks and drinking gin
Which character has unfortunately experienced racism through many portions of their life and tries to protect their children from the same evil?
Troy
Which character states, "Here’s your ten dollars, Pop. I told you I don’t want you to give me nothing. I just wanted to borrow ten dollars."
Lyons
A prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
Penitentiary
What is ironic about Troy's promotion?
He does not have a license to drive the truck.
Act 1, Scene 2: Rose sings about Jesus being a fence around her family because both Jesus and the Fence are symbols of...
Protection
Which character learns about his father's troubled past before inviting him to hear him perform Jazz music?
Lyons
Who says, "I see you run right down to Taylors’ and told that Alberta gal" ?
Bono
The villain or “enemy” of the main character of the play.
Act 1, Scene 3: When Troy gets home from the bar, what seems inconsistent about his story?
He does not know the score of the baseball game.
Troy states, "Woman . . . I do the best I can do. I come in here every Friday. I carry a sack of potatoes and a bucket of lard. You all line up at the door with your hands out. I give you the lint from my pockets. I give you my sweat and my blood." This demonstrates his responsibility to ______.
Family
Who is the character that sustained a head injury in the war and chases hell hounds?
Gabriel
What character said, "Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner" ?
Troy
Poor enough to need help from others.
Destitute
Act 1, Scene 1: What was the situation Lucille and Bono lived with for 6 years that showed how African Americans expected a lower standard of life than white people?
They did not have an indoor bathroom.
At the end of Scene 4, how does Cory earn his first strike?
When Troy discovers Cory is not working at the A&P.
Which character has a passion for football and a difficult relationship with their father?
Cory
“Some people build fences to keep people out and other people build fences to keep people in."
Bono
A literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects.
Personification
What literary term correctly applies to "Mr. Death"?
Personification
Act 1, Scene 4: What is the surprising information Lyons learns about his father?
Troy's father was abusive and he left home at 14.