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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Reading.

4. What does each character do before anyone starts to speak?
(a) Runs on stage and falls on the floor.
(b) Dances to a popular song.
(c) Runs on stage and freezes in a position of distress.
(d) Sings a popular song.

5. What does the main character in Poem Three identify as her race/heritage?
(a) Mostly White with hints of Spanish.
(b) Mostly African American wih hints of Spanish.
(c) Mostly African American with hints of White.
(d) Mostly Spanish with hints of African American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "are we ghouls?/ children of horror?/ the joke?"

2. What does the lady in orange do at the end of Poem Four?

3. What is the purpose of Poem One?

4. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?

5. What song plays at the beginning of Poem Two?

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