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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator in Poem Seventeen say should handle her stuff?
(a) Her lover is the only one.
(b) She is the only one.
(c) Her best friend is the only one.
(d) Her husband is the only one.

2. What was the profession of the main character in Poem Eight?
(a) A maid.
(b) A carnival dancer.
(c) A gypsy woman.
(d) A boat operator.

3. Where is the lady in purple from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Houston.
(c) Outside Baltimore.
(d) Outside Detroit.

4. According to the narrator, what happens when Beau learns that the main character is pregnant again in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He beats her.
(b) He celebrates.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He cries.

5. In Poem Two, where does the poem's main character go with the guy she met at the party?
(a) To his Buick in the parking lot.
(b) To a friend's house down the street.
(c) To his house down the street.
(d) To a swing on the back porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who narrates the story in Poem Ten?

2. What does the narrator in Poem Fifteen think black woman deal with too much?

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. Which character narrates Poem Eleven?

5. In Poem Nineteen, which character narrates the story?

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