Fences Act Two

What does Bono say about fences and people

"Some people build fences to keep people out... and other people build fences to keep people in"

How many days have passed since Alberta had the baby and passed away?

3 days

Who stops by to visit Troy?

Bono

Who understands and explains why Rose wants the fence built?

Bono

What does Bono tell Troy about the affair?

Bono tells him he is responsible for what he does and Bono doesn't want to see Troy hurt Rose.

What happens when Troy comes home with the baby?

Rose turns he back on him

What does Bono know about Troy and Alberta?

They are having an affair

Who is Bono referring to when he says they done got tight?

Troy and Alberta

what happens at the end of act 2 scene 2?

Troy confronts "death" telling it he's gonna build a fence around what belongs to him and to stay on the other side of it until death is ready for him. That when it is ready for Troy, to come to him to settle things "man to man"

What does Cory do that counts as "strike two", per Troy?

When Cory hits Troy

How much did it cost to bail Gabriel out of jail?

50 dollars

How many months have gone by since Rose had a conversation with Troy?

6 months

How much time has passed between the end of scene 4 and scene 5.

7 years

How old is Raynell in the final scene of the play?

7 years old

For how long has Bono not stopped by to see Troy?

A month

What does Bono bet Troy that he (Bono) will buy for his wife if Troy finishes the fence?

A refrigerator

What kind of flower does Gabe get with Rose?

A rose

What does Gabriel do at the end of the play that is symbolic of his name?

Blows the horn to call St. Pete to open the gates of heaven for Troy

In Troy's song about the old dog, what is the dog's name?

Blue

How does Troy live on in his family's memory?

Blue's song

What else happens in the altercation?

Cory picks up the bat and starts fighting Troy, they struggle over it and Troy ends up being stronger and getting it. He's about to swing at Cory but stops himself.

Who speaks the final line in the play, "That's the way that goes."?

Gabe

What is the name of the white neighborhood in which Troy drives a trash route?

Greentree

What do we find out about Cory and school?

He graduated

What do we learn about Cory at the beginning of the scene?

He joined the marines

What does Troy tell Cory instead of swinging the bat at him?

He kicks him out of the house.

why does Cory not want to go to Troy's funeral?

He wanted to finally say "no" to Troy

Why did the police arrest Gabe?

He was disturbing the peace

What is Troy's cause of death?

Heart Attack

Where is Gabe?

Mental Hospital

What does Bono begin doing with a man named Skinner, as his relationship with Troy grows distant?

Play dominoes

What was Lyons doing that caused him to miss Cory's graduation ceremony?

Playing Jazz

Rose is now taking care of who?

Raynell

How did the money situation change in the house?

Rose didn't want Troy to hand her money anymore, now she'd tell him to leave it on the table and she's get it later.

What does Rose say to Troy at the end of this scene?

She takes in the baby as her own but refuses to honor her partnership with Troy. "...you can't visit the sins of the father upon the child this child got a mother, but you're a womanless man."

When Rose says Cory is Troy Maxson all over again, what does she mean?

That Cory has turned into his father

When Troy warns Cory about "striking out" what does he mean?

That challenging Troy in any way will be bad

What does Troy admit when he's sitting on the porch talking to the baby?

That he is scared

What does Troy tell Rose that changes everything?

That he's going to be dad

Why does Rose want the fence built?

To keep Troy in her life

Where has Troy been going to every Friday after work for the past 6 months?

To see Alberta

What is the event at the beginning of the scene?

Troy's funeral

Who is Alberta?

Troy's mistress who he's having a baby with

After kicking Cory out of the house, what weapon does Troy brandish as he taunts Death to face him?

a baseball bat

why do Troy and Cory begin fighting in the first place?

because Troy was in Cory's way and he refused to say excuse me to Troy.

what was another reason why Troy didn't want Cory to play football?

because he was scared Cory would be better than him

What does Troy say when Rose asks him if he plans on continue seeing her?

he says with her he doesn't have to think abut paying bills and he can be himself. He can't give that up.

What does Cory tell Troy in the fight they had?

he tells his father that he's a drunk and the only reason Rose is still there is because she's scared of him. That he doesn't have any say in the house after what he did to Rose.

How did Lyons get into trouble with the law? What are the consequences for him?

he was cashing other people's checks; 3 years in the workhouse

What happened to Gabe?

he was taken away to the asylum because Troy signed papers granting permission for half of Gabe's money to go to Troy and half to the hospital.

Bono kept his word with a deal he made with Troy. What was the deal?

if Troy finished building the fence, Bono would buy his wife Lucille the refrigerator she'd been asking for

What does Rose ask Troy for the first time in 6 months?

if he's gonna come back home straight after work

What do you call the people (6) that carry the casket in the funeral

pallbearers

what happen to Alberta while giving birth?

she died

How does Rose react to the news?

she gets very upset and tells Troy he should have held on to her. She's been staring with him in the place for 18 years. She buried in Troy all her feelings, wants, needs and dreams. She also tells him that even tho he talks about what he gives, he takes too and he doesn't realize she also giving.

What has happened between Lyons and his girlfriend Bonnie?

she got tired of all the changes he put her through

Why is Alberta in the hospital?

she's having the baby earlier than expected

what does Rose tell Troy after she gets off the phone?

that Alberta had the baby and it's a girl

What does Troy ask Rose

to help him take care of the baby. "you and them boys and this child is all I got in the world. So I guess what I'm saying is... I'd appreciate it if you'd help me take care of her"

Why did Lyons stop by Troy's house?

to pay him the twenty dollars he owed him

what did Troy think the papers were for?

to release Gabe. He doesn't know how to read. He then denies signing any papers

Where is Troy going after work?

to the hospital to see Alberta

What instrument does Gabe attempt to play, unsuccessfully, to open the gates of Heaven for Troy?

trumpet

How much time has passed between act 2 scene 3 and act 2 scene 4?

two months