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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What themes are the poems in Sequence Four built around?
(a) Long lost love.
(b) Pain and misery.
(c) Love and relationships.
(d) Fear and Power.

2. What is the name of the main character in Poem Nineteen?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Tammi.

3. Who does the narrator in Poem Fifteen suggest that black women should act like?
(a) White men.
(b) Black men.
(c) White women.
(d) Hispanic women.

4. In Poem Three, how old was the main character when she ran off?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 14 years old.
(d) 13 years old.

5. Where does the narrator say she "usedta live" in Poem Eleven?
(a) In Egypt.
(b) In Queens.
(c) In Harlem.
(d) In the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last character to speak in Poem One?

2. What does the narrator in Poem Seventeen want the person to do with her "stuff"?

3. Who does the character in Poem Seven say she could not have see her in her current situation?

4. What is Poem Six about?

5. Where does the narrator say she moved to in Poem Eleven?

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