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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Four?
(a) The lady in yellow.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in green.

2. How did the main character in Poem Three react when she found out that her favorite musician was not going to be playing?
(a) She tore up the musician's albums.
(b) She started to cry.
(c) She lost her temper.
(d) She demanded to get her money back.

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

4. Where is the lady in green from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Baltimore.
(c) Outside Houston.
(d) Outside St. Louis.

5. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?
(a) They are all White.
(b) They are all women.
(c) They are all in their 20s.
(d) They are all from the suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What similarities exist between the cities that each character says that they are from?

3. 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?

4. Where is the lady in red from?

5. In Poem Three, what happened as a result of the main character's favorite musician not playing?

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