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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Poem Seven, which character says,"tubes tables white washed windows/ grime from age wiped over once"?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in yellow.

3. Where is the lady in purple from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Baltimore.
(c) Outside Detroit.
(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 found refuge in a new rainbow.
(c) Those who have moved to the ends of their own rainbow.
(d) Those who have created their own rainbow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does each character do before anyone starts to speak?

2. How long was the marathon that the main character in Poem Three was attending?

3. In Poem One, which character says, "and this is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but moved to the end of their own rainbows"?

4. What does Poem Six say has changed about the social circles in which women seek companionship?

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

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