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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 green from?
(a) Outside St. Louis.
(b) Outside Houston.
(c) Outside San Francisco.
(d) Outside Baltimore.

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

3. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Little Sally Walker."
(b) "Shake It Shimmy."
(c) "Riding Down the River."
(d) "Rollercoaster Ride."

4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "mama's little baby likes shortnin bread"?
(a) The lady in orange.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in purple.

5. 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 perfect.
(b) Her life is scattered with no direction.
(c) Her life is on track and very focused.
(d) She takes life seriously.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What game do the characters play at the end of the play?

4. 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"?

5. What is the title of Poem One?

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