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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sequence Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the main character in Poem Four decide to do as a result of her relationship?
(a) She decides to stay.
(b) She decides to get a divorce.
(c) She decides to leave.
(d) She decides to move in with her mother.

2. In Poem Six, which character says,"these men friends of ours/ who smile nice/ stay employed/ and take us out to dinner"?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in brown.

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

4. In Poem Three, how old was the main character when she ran off?
(a) 14 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 13 years old.

5. How many characters run off stage after the lights change at the end of Poem Five?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of this work?

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

3. At the end of Poem Seven, how does the main character feel?

4. What is the title of Poem One?

5. How did the main character in Poem Three react when she found out that her favorite musician was not going to be playing?

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