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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of Poem Fourteen, what is she looking for in a man?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Passoniate intimacy.
(c) Friendship.
(d) A seamless love.

2. In Poem Fourteen, what does the narrator say she lacks in order to look for love?
(a) Financial resources.
(b) Courage.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Love.

3. In what section of the library does the main character of Poem Nine find the books Cajun Katie and Christopher Robin?
(a) The children's section.
(b) The adult section.
(c) The reference section.
(d) The young adult section.

4. When the other character's speak in Poem Two, what do they comment on?
(a) Their memories of baptism.
(b) The fun they had in high school.
(c) Their favorite New Year's Eve.
(d) Their sexual experiences.

5. Who takes the "stuff" in Poem Seventeen?
(a) A friend of the family.
(b) The narrator's son.
(c) The narrator's lover.
(d) A stranger,

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem Six, which character says, "pin-ups attached to the insides of his lapels"?

2. What is the second word spoken in Poem Seven?

3. What dilemmas does the narrator in Poem Sixteen believe she is caught up in?

4. Which character in Poem Twenty says, "& this is for colored girls who have considered suicide/ but are movin to the ends of their own rainbows."

5. What images are contrasted in Poem Six?

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