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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person to speak in the play?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in orange.

2. Which character(s) run off at the end of Poem Six?
(a) The ladies in green and red.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The ladies in purple and orange.
(d) The lady in red.

3. Where is the lady in purple from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Houston.
(c) Outside Baltimore.
(d) Outside Detroit.

4. Who does the lady in brown call to at the beginning of Poem One?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in red.

5. In Poem Six, which character says,"these men friends of ours/ who smile nice/ stay employed/ and take us out to dinner"?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in red.

6. In Poem Two, how does the poem's main character feel after she and her friends had a lot to drink, danced, and got sexy?
(a) "Silly."
(b) "Totally immature."
(c) "Wonderfully free."
(d) "Finallly grown."

7. In Poem One, which character says, "dark phrases of womanhood/of never havin been a girl"?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in brown.
(d) The lady in orange.

8. 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 green.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in yellow.

9. In Poem Six, which character says, "pin-ups attached to the insides of his lapels"?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in brown.

10. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "mama's little baby likes shortnin bread"?
(a) Everyone.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in purple.

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

12. How does the character in Poem Seven feel physically in her situation?
(a) She feels tired.
(b) She feels pain.
(c) She feels relaxed.
(d) She feels numb.

13. Early in Poem Three, what is the main character's favorite type of music?
(a) Rock & Roll.
(b) Blues.
(c) Rhythem and Blues.
(d) Latin music.

14. Who is the artist that sings the song at the start of Poem Six?
(a) Martha and the Vandellas.
(b) Carlos Santana.
(c) Willie Colon.
(d) The Dells.

15. What images are contrasted in Poem Six?
(a) Images of battered women and images of women who have not been battered.
(b) Images of a courtly gentleman and images of the same men holding fists.
(c) Images of young men and images of old men.
(d) Images of Black men and images of White men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the story in Poem Seven about?

2. How does the narrator in Poem Seven tell her story?

3. What does the narrator mean when she says, "dark phrases of womanhood/ of never havin been a girl/ half-notes scattered/ without rhythm" in Poem One?

4. Who does the character in Poem Seven say she could not have see her in her current situation?

5. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

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