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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the main character in Poem Nine discover when she starts reading books from the adult section of the library?
(a) Geroge Washington Carver.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Toussaint L'Ouverture.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. In Poem Eleven, how does the narrator describe her current universe at the end of the poem?
(a) As a world of longing.
(b) As a world of cruelty.
(c) As a world of hope.
(d) As a world of excitement.

3. In Poem Three, what happened as a result of the main character's favorite musician not playing?
(a) She never listened to that artist again.
(b) She discovered different kinds of music.
(c) She learned to play an instrument.
(d) She stopped listening to worldly music.

4. Who is the last character to speak in Poem One?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in brown.

5. How does the narrator end Poem Fourteen?
(a) With a letter to her future husband.
(b) With a warning to single women.
(c) With another prayer for someone to love her as she is.
(d) With a plea to married women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the artist that sings the song at the start of Poem Six?

2. According to Poem Ten, at what time do women from Louisiana shell peas?

3. At the end of poem sequence four, which character dances and wakes up the other characters from their frozen state?

4. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

5. Which character narrates Poem Seventeen?

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