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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the lady in yellow from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Detroit.
(c) Outside Chicago.
(d) Outside Houston.

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

4. What does the narrator mean when she says, "dark phrases of womanhood/ of never havin been a girl/ half-notes scattered/ without rhythm" in Poem One?
(a) Her life is on track and very focused.
(b) Her life is scattered with no direction.
(c) Her life is perfect.
(d) She takes life seriously.

5. What does each character do before anyone starts to speak?
(a) Runs on stage and falls on the floor.
(b) Runs on stage and freezes in a position of distress.
(c) Dances to a popular song.
(d) Sings a popular song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Poem One?

2. Where is the lady in red from?

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

4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?

5. In Poem One, which character says, "and this is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but moved to the end of their own rainbows"?

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