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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the setting of this work?

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