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