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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many characters run off stage after the lights change at the end of Poem Five?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

2. In Sequence One, which character says, "forty poems 2 plants &3 handmade notecards i left/ town so i cd send to you have been no help to me/ on my job"?
(a) The lady blue.
(b) The lady in yellow.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The ladty in red.

3. What is the second word spoken in Poem Seven?
(a) Children.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Mice.

4. What similarities exist between the cities that each character says that they are from?
(a) They are all in a depression.
(b) They are all urban cities in America.
(c) They are all on the east coast of the United States.
(d) They are all state capitols.

5. What does the main character in Poem Four read to the audience?
(a) An entry from her diary.
(b) A letter she left for her lover.
(c) A note that her mother left her.
(d) Her favorite poem about love.

6. What topic is mentioned in Poem Two that leads the reader into the next poem?
(a) Latin dances.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Violence.
(d) Suicide.

7. Who is the last character to speak in Poem One?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in red.

8. What did the main character in Poem Four discover as a result of her relationship?
(a) She can't stand not being married.
(b) She can't stand Black men.
(c) She can't stand living alone.
(d) She can't stand not being wanted.

9. What is the title of Poem One?
(a) Dark phrases.
(b) Pyramid.
(c) One.
(d) No assistance.

10. In Sequence One, which character says, "we rambled from camden to mount holly/ laughin our tassles from the rear view mirror/ climbin different sorta project stairs"?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in yellow.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in green.

11. What are the stage directions for all of the characters on stage at the end Poem Six?
(a) The characters run to one side of the stage.
(b) The characters dance to the music.
(c) The characters are all hit by an imaginary slap.
(d) The characters fall to the floor.

12. Where is the lady in yellow from?
(a) Outside Detroit.
(b) Outside Chicago.
(c) Outside Houston.
(d) Outside San Francisco.

13. How does the character in Poem Seven feel mentally about her situation?
(a) She feel anxious.
(b) She feels sad.
(c) She feels happy.
(d) She feels shameful.

14. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

15. In Poem Three, what happened as a result of the main character's favorite musician not playing?
(a) She discovered different kinds of music.
(b) She never listened to that artist again.
(c) She learned to play an instrument.
(d) She stopped listening to worldly music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only way that the lady in orange says she can communicate at the beginning of Poem Five?

2. How does the main character in Poem Four refer to her relationship with her former boyfriend?

3. Where is the lady in brown from?

4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?

5. What do the characters ironically suggest in Poem Six?

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