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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the artist that sings the song at the start of Poem Six?
(a) The Dells.
(b) Willie Colon.
(c) Martha and the Vandellas.
(d) Carlos Santana.

2. What similarities exist between the cities that each character says that they are from?
(a) They are all on the east coast of the United States.
(b) They are all urban cities in America.
(c) They are all in a depression.
(d) They are all state capitols.

3. What does Beau do differently in his last attempt to win the main character back in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He buys gifts for the kids.
(b) He gets dressed up.
(c) He brings flowers.
(d) He takes the main character to dinner.

4. What is the title of Poem Seventeen?
(a) Somebody Almost Walked Off Wid Alla My Stuff.
(b) Sorry.
(c) No More Love Poems.
(d) A Laying on of Hands.

5. What was the profession of the main character in Poem Eight?
(a) A carnival dancer.
(b) A gypsy woman.
(c) A maid.
(d) A boat operator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurred that made the narrator of Poem Thirteen change the way that she danced?

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

3. What does the main character in Poem Ten allow men to do?

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

5. How do the women act towards each other at the end of the Poem Twelve?

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