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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) A choreopoem.
(b) A nonfiction novel.
(c) A fictional novel.
(d) A play.

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

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

4. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?
(a) Everyone.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in blue.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is the lady in green from?

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

5. At the end of Poem One, what type of colored girls does the narrator say this play is for?

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