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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the lady in red from?
(a) Outside Baltimore.
(b) Outside Chicago.
(c) Outside St. Louis.
(d) Outside San Francisco.

2. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in blue.

3. 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 started to cry.
(b) She demanded to get her money back.
(c) She tore up the musician's albums.
(d) She lost her temper.

4. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) A nonfiction novel.
(b) A fictional novel.
(c) A play.
(d) A choreopoem.

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 in their 20s.
(b) They are all from the suburbs.
(c) They are all women.
(d) They are all White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the lady in brown call to at the beginning of Poem One?

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

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

4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "mama's little baby likes shortnin bread"?

5. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?

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