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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) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

2. What is the purpose of Poem One?
(a) It is an innvocation.
(b) It is the introduction to a character's life.
(c) It is a song about the main characters.
(d) It is a preface to the story.

3. Where is the lady in orange from?
(a) Outside Chicago.
(b) Outside Baltimore.
(c) Outside St. Louis.
(d) Outside Houston.

4. 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 created their own rainbow.
(c) Those who have moved to the ends of their own rainbow.
(d) Those who have found refuge in a new rainbow.

5. Who is the first person to speak in the play?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The lady in brown.
(d) The lady in green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the lady in yellow from?

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

4. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?

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

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