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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of Poem One?
(a) It is a song about the main characters.
(b) It is a preface to the story.
(c) It is an innvocation.
(d) It is the introduction to a character's life.

2. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

3. What did the main character in Poem Four discover as a result of her relationship?
(a) She can't stand Black men.
(b) She can't stand not being married.
(c) She can't stand not being wanted.
(d) She can't stand living alone.

4. Which character says, "are we ghouls?/ children of horror?/ the joke?"
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in red.

5. What is the title of Poem One?
(a) No assistance.
(b) Pyramid.
(c) One.
(d) Dark phrases.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do the characters play at the end of the play?

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"?

3. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

4. How many characters run off stage after the lights change at the end of Poem Five?

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

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