Characters
What happens to Alberta after giving birth?
She dies
Cory
What is the name of Troy & Alberta's baby?
Raynell
Who helped Troy get into Heaven?
Gabriel - he blew the horn to tell Peter to open the gate
In the last scene of the play, how does Rose say that Troy died?
Swinging the bat in the back yard, he fell (heart attack)
What is one thing Rose never wanted for her family that she had dealt with growing up?
Rose never wanted "halves" - her family was "Your Mama or your Daddy"
"You got to take the crookeds with the straights"
Troy
Bono promises to do this when Troy finishes building the fence...
Buy Lucille a new refrigerator
How does Troy explain his affair - What is his reason for cheating?
He can not worry about responsibilities.
After finding out about Troy's affair, where does Rose dedicate a lot more of her time to?
The Church
What branch of the military did Cory join?
Marines
"I took all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams ... buried them inside you."
Rose
Why does Rose decide to care for Raynell?
Because she's innocent of Troy's mistakes
This is what driving the truck symbolizes to Troy...
Equality / justice / desegregation / Freedom from Racism
What did Lyons do that got him in a lot of trouble?
Cashed bad checks/ Other people's checks
What happens to Troy & Bono's relationship after Troy gets his promotion?
They no longer see each other / Their friendship is strained
“You don’t count around here no more.”
Cory
What is important about Troy and Bono's friendship in the scene where Bono finds Troy at Taylor's?
They are no longer close friends. They have grown apart.
What does the fence come to mean for Troy?
Protecting family
Where is Gabriel staying at the end of the play?
A mental hospital
At the end of the play, Lyons has to leave this place in order to attend his father's funeral
Jail
"Some build fences to keep people out ... other(s) build fences to keep people in"
Bono
What one thing do Cory and Raynell remember about their father at the end of the play?
The Blue song
What is Troy's excuse about why he accidentally signed the papers that permitted Gabe to be sent to a mental hospital?
He says it was an accident because he couldn't read
What was "strike two" for Cory according to Troy?