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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sequence Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what happens when Beau learns that the main character is pregnant again in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He beats her.
(b) He cries.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He celebrates.

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

3. According to Poem Ten, at what time do women from Louisiana shell peas?
(a) 6:00 pm.
(b) 4:00 pm.
(c) 5:00 pm.
(d) 3:00 pm.

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

5. Who does the main character in Poem Nine discover when she starts reading books from the adult section of the library?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Toussaint L'Ouverture.
(d) Geroge Washington Carver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator in Poem Seventeen say should handle her stuff?

2. In Poem Nine, why was the main character disqualified from a contest that she entered to see which child could read the most books?

3. In Poem Three, how old was the main character when she ran off?

4. What city is the main character in Poem Eight from?

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

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