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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the lady in purple from?
(a) Outside Houston.
(b) Outside Detroit.
(c) Outside Baltimore.
(d) Outside San Francisco.

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

3. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?
(a) They are all from the suburbs.
(b) They are all White.
(c) They are all in their 20s.
(d) They are all women.

4. Where is the lady in green from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Baltimore.
(c) Outside Houston.
(d) Outside St. Louis.

5. Who does the lady in brown call to at the beginning of Poem One?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the lady in red from?

2. Based on Poem One, what is a major theme of the play?

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

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

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

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