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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 brown from?
(a) Outside St. Louis.
(b) Outside Detroit.
(c) Outside San Francisco.
(d) Outside Chicago.

2. What similarities exist between the cities that each character says that they are from?
(a) They are all state capitols.
(b) They are all urban cities in America.
(c) They are all on the east coast of the United States.
(d) They are all in a depression.

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

4. What is the race of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) Asian American.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) White American.
(d) African American.

5. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Miss Mary Mack."
(b) "Jimmy James."
(c) "Shortnin' Bread."
(d) "Ham Bone."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the lady in orange from?

3. Based on Poem One, what is this play about?

4. Where is the lady in red from?

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

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