| A | B |
| Woman Troy has been seeing | Alberta |
| Troy's best friend | Bono |
| Gets arrested for disturbing the peace | Gabriel |
| Does not want to shop at Bella's | Rose |
| Author of the Cycle of ten plays | August Wilson |
| Tells Tro to leave the other woman because his wife is a good woman | Bono |
| Being recruited for a college football team | Cory |
| Injured in World War II and has a metal plate in his head | Gabriel |
| Pays Gabriel's fine and gets him out of jail | Troy |
| Believes he is an archangel from Heaven | Gabriel |
| Quits drinking with Troy and plays dominoes on Friday | Bono |
| From Tallahassee, Florida, and part Indian | Alberta |
| Son of Troy and his current wife | Cory |
| Wants to borrow five dollars from Troy | Lyons |
| Troy's boss | Mr. Stawicki |
| Troy's daughter | Raynell |
| Troy's son by a previous marriage | Lyons |
| Wrote Fences | August Wilson |
| Joins the Marines | Cory |
| Woman Bono thought Troy was "eyeing" | Alberta |
| Went to prison for robbery and murder | Troy |
| Played professional baseball in the Negro Leagues | Troy |
| Serving time for cashing other people's checks | Lyons |
| Troy's wife | Rose |