Fences
What does Rose want Troy and Cory to finish building?
a fence
As Troy complains about how everybody manages his money for him, Gabriel arrives carrying what?
a rose
What sport did Troy play?
baseball
august wilson's mother was ____________
black
Who originally knows about Troy's affair with Alberta?
bono
who said this quote: "I thought only white folks had inside toilets and things."
bono
who said this quote: "Well, as long as you got your complaint filed, they can't fire you. That's what one of them white fellows tell me."
bono
who says this quote: "[Troy's] gonna be the first colored driver. Ain't got to do nothing but sit up there and read the paper like them white fellows."
bono
Gabriel is Troy's _______________________.
brother
Where did Troy and Bono meet?
jail
What kind of music does Lyons play?
jazz
who said this quote: "If you wanted to change me, you should've been there when I was growing up."
lyons
How much money does Lyons want to borrow from his father?
$10
How much money does Troy say he sends the devil each month?
$10
fences was part of a _________
10 play series
In what decade does Fences begin?
1950s
the negro leagues peaked during the 19___s
30
How old is Troy?
53
What is Lyons' girlfriend's name?
Bonnie
What hings 2 tdo Bono and Troy stop doing together?
Drinking and working
What state is Alberta from?
Florida
On what day of the week is Troy paid?
Friday
What does Troy do that leads to Cory's first physical fight with Troy?
He grabs Rose's arm
who said this quote: "They gonna send a recruiter by to talk to you. He'll tell you he ain't talking about making no living playing football."
Rose
who says this quote: "I told him if he wasn't the marrying kind, then move out the way so the marrying kind could find me."
Rose
Why does Rose decide to care for Raynell?
She decides Raynell is innocent of Troy's sins
who said this quote: "'You think only white fellows got sense enough to drive a truck. That ain't no paper job!'"
Troy
who said this quote: "I went to Mr. Rand and asked him, 'Why? Why you got white mens driving and the colored lifting?'"
Troy
who says this quote: "A Negro go in there and can't get no kind of service. I seen a white fellow come in there and order a bowl of stew. Pope picked all the meat out the pot for him."
Troy
who says this quote: "I'm talking about if you could play ball then they ought to have let you play. Don't care what color you were."
Troy
What does Gabe do when his trumpet fails to play?
dances and howls
true/false: august wilson went to college
false
What sport is Cory recruited to play in college?
football
According to the Troy, what business is the devil in when he knocks on Troy's door?
furniture sales
Troy gets promoted to be a ______________________
garbage truck driver
Why did Troy accidentally sign the papers that permitted Gabe to be sent to a mental hospital?
he couldn't read the papers
What does Cory do after high school?
he joins the marines
Why didn't Troy get to play in the Major Leagues?
he was too old by the time they accepted black players
Troy dies from a ___________
heart attack
After Rose learns of Troy's affair, she becomes more involved with what organization?
her church
When Lyons arrives in Act 5, where does he tell Cory he's been?
in jail
What Saint does Gabriel think he talks to?
peter
august wilson was raised in ______________
pittsburg
In what city is "Fences" set?
pittsburgh
What made Troy sick enough to go to the hospital in 1941?
pneumonia
What sickness did Troy have that almost killed him in 1941?
pneumonia
fences won a ___________
pulitzer
who is troy talking about in this quote: "I love this woman [Rose]. I love this woman so much it hurts. I love her so much...I done run out of ways of loving her."
rose
What kind of professional men are Troy and Bono?
sanitation workers
Cory and Raynell do what together at the end?
sing
Where did Troy grow up?
somewhere in the south
As the first Act closes, what does Troy tell Cory he'd better be careful not to do?
strike out
Where do Bono and Troy meet Alberta?
taylor's
What does Rose say Cory wants to hear from Troy?
that he did a good job
What grocery store does Rose prefer to shop at?
the A&P
Where is Cory supposed to work after school?
the a&p
In his monologue, what does Troy say he's going to finish?
the fence
Where do Troy and Bono come home from at the beginning of Act 2?
the police station
By whom is Troy Maxson employed?
the sanitation department
Where does Bono work?
the sanitation department
Who has control over Gabriel's money?
troy
who said this quote: "He ought to go and get recruited in how to fix cars or something where he can make a living."
troy
who says this quote: "The white man ain't gonna let you get nowhere with that football noway."
troy
who says this quote: "What you worried about what we getting into for? This is men talk, woman."
troy
who says this quote: "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. I ain't got no tears. I done spent them."
troy
august wilson's father was ___________
white
