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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator in Poem Fifteen suggest that black women should act like?
(a) White women.
(b) Black men.
(c) White men.
(d) Hispanic women.

2. What did the narrator of Poem Thirteen feel was redundant?
(a) Being sensitive and being nice.
(b) Being smart and being a woman.
(c) Feeling sorrow and being black.
(d) Being a woman and being black.

3. Which character narrates Poem Fifteen?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in blue.

4. What are the stage directions for all of the characters on stage at the end Poem Six?
(a) The characters are all hit by an imaginary slap.
(b) The characters dance to the music.
(c) The characters fall to the floor.
(d) The characters run to one side of the stage.

5. At the end of Poem Seven, how does the main character feel?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Full of life.
(d) Hopeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ties Poems Two, Three, Four, and Five in Sequence One together?

2. How big does the narrator say her universe is in Poem Eleven?

3. In Sequence One, which character says, "we rambled from camden to mount holly/ laughin our tassles from the rear view mirror/ climbin different sorta project stairs"?

4. Where is the lady in yellow from?

5. What does the main character in Poem Four decide to do as a result of her relationship?

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