Characters
What is Troy's dog's name?
Who is Old Blue?
Troy uses this sport as his primary metaphor for life, death, and his struggles with his son.
What is baseball?
The city in which the Maxson family lives.
What is Pittsburgh?
How old was Troy when he "became a man"?
What is 14?
The decade in which the majority of the play's action takes place.
What are the 1950s?
Troy's alibi when he goes to see his "other" woman
Who is the Taylors?
This character, whom Troy claims to have wrestled with for three days and nights, represents Death.
Who is the Devil?
The specific promotion Troy receives at work after complaining about racial discrimination in the sanitation department.
What is becoming a driver?
"I done gave you eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you. Don’t you think I ever wanted other things?"
Who is Rose?
Once Troy finishes the fence what will Bono do?
What is buy his wife a refrigerator?
What is the name of the store Troy shops at?
What is Bella's?
What type of wood does Troy use to build a Fence as it reflects his nature?
What is hardwood? (not pine wood)
Where was Cory supposed to be working instead of playing football?
What is the A&P?
Who says "You can't visit the sins of the father upon the child"
Who is Rose?
Who is Cory's football coach?
Who is Coach Zellman?
Who won the lottery?
Who is Pope?
Troy refers to this place as his "college," where he actually learned to play baseball and met Bono.
What is prison?
What day of the week did Rose tell Troy to come home early?
What is Friday?
What does Troy claim his batting average was?
What is a .432?
What is Lucille cooking up at the start of the play?
What is a pot of pigfeet?
Who owns the store that Cory works at?
Who is Mr. Stawicki?
Gabriel often carries this fruit, which he claims he has for sale or is waiting to eat with St. Peter.
What are plums?
The amount of money Troy used from Gabriel’s government disability check to buy the Maxson house.
What is $3,000?
"What he move out there for? Miss Pearl don't like nobody."
What is Lyons
Who did Gabe have breakfast with and what did he eat?
Who is Aunt Jemimah and flapjacks?