SparkNotes: Fences: Quiz

What kind of professional men are Troy and Bono?

(A) Postmen

(B) Firemen

(C) Millionaires

(D) Sanitation workers

Where did Troy and Bono meet?

(A) Jail

(B) A hardware store

(C) College

(D) In the Negro Leagues

What made Troy sick enough to go to the hospital in 1941?

(A) Typhoid fever

(B) Pneumonia

(C) Small pox

(D) Yellow fever

What sport is Cory recruited to play in college?

(A) Soccer

(B) Baseball

(C) Basketball

(D) Football

What Saint does Gabriel think he talks to?

(A) Paul

(B) Peter

(C) Augustine

(D) Anne

Where do Bono and Troy meet Alberta?

(A) Bono's house

(B) The baseball park

(C) Taylor's

(D) The A&P supermarket

Where is Cory supposed to work after school?

(A) The A&P supermarket

(B) Taylor's

(C) Bono's house

(D) The baseball park

What kind of music does Lyons play?

(A) Classical

(B) Hip-hop

(C) Jazz

(D) Blues

What sport did Troy play?

(A) Baseball

(B) Football

(C) Basketball

(D) Track and Field

What does Troy do that leads to Cory's first physical fight with Troy?

(A) He tells Cory he cannot have a television

(B) He makes Cory build a fence

(C) He grabs Rose's arm

(D) He prevents Cory from going to college

In what decade does Fences begin?

(A) 1980's

(B) 1950's

(D) 1920's

What does Rose want Troy and Cory to finish building?

(A) A roof

(B) A house

(C) A baseball park

(D) A fence

Who originally knows about Troy's affair with Alberta?

(A) Bono

(B) Cory

(C) Lyons

(D) Mr. Rand

How are Gabriel and Troy related?

(A) They are cousins

(B) They are friends

(C) They are co-workers

(D) They are siblings

Why didn't Troy get to play in the Major Leagues?

(A) He was too old by the time they accepted black players

(B) He didn't get along with the coaches

(C) He was never good enough to play

(D) He didn't want to join

What do Bono and Troy stop doing together?

(A) Playing dominoes and drinking

(B) Cheating on their wives

(C) Drinking and working

(D) Playing baseball

Where did Troy grow up?

(A) Tallahassee

(B) Pittsburgh

(C) Somewhere in the south

(D) Greentree

What is Troy's promotion?

(A) He becomes Bono's boss

(B) He becomes a garbage truck driver

(C) He becomes a union leader

(D) He lifts garbage into the garbage trucks

What does Cory do after high school?

(A) He joins the Marines

(B) He joins the Army

(C) He attends the University of North Carolina

(D) He plays college football

After Rose learns of Troy's affair, she becomes more involved with what organization?

(A) Cory's football team

(B) Troy's union

(C) Her church

(D) Raynell's nursery school

How does Troy die?

(A) Cancer

(B) Cory kills him with a baseball bat

(C) Suicide

(D) A heart attack

Cory and Raynell do what together?

(A) Play baseball

(B) Sing

(C) Plant a garden

(D) Cry

Why does Rose decide to care for Raynell?

(A) Rose is Raynell's birth mother

(B) Raynell is sick

(C) Cory always wanted a sister

(D) She decides Raynell is innocent of Troy's sins

Why did Troy accidentally sign the papers that permitted Gabe to be sent to a mental hospital?

(A) He couldn't read the papers

(B) He thought he was signing a baseball contract

(C) He was angry with Gabe for moving out

(D) He was tired of paying Gabe's bail

What does Gabe do when his trumpet fails to play?

(A) Spits

(B) Dances and makes a cry

(C) Fixes the trumpet

(D) Borrows a saxophone from Lyons

Troy perceives Death in what actual forms?

(A) A coach and a marching band

(B) A salesman and an army

(C) A pitcher and a catcher

(D) A doctor and a lawyer