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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 Two?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in yellow.

2. At the end of Poem One, what type of colored girls does the narrator say this play is for?
(a) Those who have found refuge in a new rainbow.
(b) Those who have moved to the ends of their own rainbow.
(c) Those who have abandoned their rainbow.
(d) Those who have created their own rainbow.

3. What does the lady in orange do at the end of Poem Four?
(a) She recaps what happened earlier in the poem.
(b) She convinces the main character to leave her man.
(c) She reads her own letter to a man that she can't talk to anymore.
(d) She talks to the audience about love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?

2. In Poem Two, what happened to the poem's main character the day after the party?

3. Who is the first person to speak in the play?

4. What is the purpose of Poem One?

5. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?

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