In Act 1 Scene 1 Troy says, "Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner." Coming from a former Negro Leagues hitter, the figure chiefly does what?

Troy's complaint that Black garbage workers lift while white workers drive the trucks reveals which motive in Act 1?

When Lyons asks for money, Troy turns the request into a lecture on steady work. What does that response reveal about Troy?

Troy tells Cory that food, shelter, and discipline fulfill a father's duty even without spoken affection. What does the speech expose?

When Troy blocks Cory's football chance by invoking his own baseball past, which motive most clearly drives him?

Troy's comic courtship stories to Rose turn the yard into a stage for his performance. What do they reveal about him?

Troy insists Cory keep the A&P job rather than lean on football. What value governs that demand?

Lyons arrives on a payday in Act 1 Scene 1. What does he ask for, and how is the request finally answered?

In Act 1, what does Bono do when Alberta comes up in conversation?

When Gabriel comes through the yard in Act 1, what situation has the family already been adjusting to?

After Troy learns Cory has been missing work for football, what does he order Cory to do?

What result follows Troy's challenge to the sanitation department's rules in Act 1?

At the end of Act 1 Scene 4, Cory challenges Troy over football. How does Troy mark the confrontation?

Because the play stays in Troy's yard, which effect does Act 1's setting create?

Rose opens Act 1 Scene 2 singing "Jesus, be a fence all around me every day." In relation to the fence she wants built, the song casts a fence chiefly as what?

Troy and Cory's work on the unfinished fence in Act 1 most clearly turns the yard into a place where:

Act 1 Scene 1 opens with Troy and Bono arriving in the yard straight from work. What does this Friday ritual establish about their friendship?

What does Bono's role as Troy's Friday drinking companion add to Act 1?

How does Rose function in the Act 1 yard scenes?

Gabriel carries a trumpet and speaks of Saint Peter. What does his presence add to Act 1's family portrait?

Lyons's music and borrowing make him a foil to Troy in Act 1 because Lyons:

In Act 1 Scene 1, Rose comes out to the porch while Troy and Bono are talking about Alberta. What happens to that subject?

By the end of Act 1, what remains unresolved about Cory's football future?

What does the unfinished fence leave open at the close of Act 1?

Which larger tension has Act 1 not settled after the family's arguments in the yard?