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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the lady in red from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Baltimore.
(c) Outside St. Louis.
(d) Outside Chicago.

2. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) A fictional novel.
(b) A choreopoem.
(c) A nonfiction novel.
(d) A play.

3. What does the main character in Poem Four make a list of?
(a) Places she would like to live.
(b) The things she looks for in a man.
(c) The ways she loved her man.
(d) Some of the goals she has in life.

4. What ties Poems Two, Three, Four, and Five in Sequence One together?
(a) The image of dancing.
(b) The image of singing.
(c) The image of sorrow.
(d) The image of laughter.

5. 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."

6. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Three?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in purple.

7. What did the main character in Poem Four discover as a result of her relationship?
(a) She can't stand not being wanted.
(b) She can't stand Black men.
(c) She can't stand not being married.
(d) She can't stand living alone.

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

9. Who is the last character to speak in Poem One?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in brown.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in red.

10. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Reading.

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

12. What is the purpose of Poem One?
(a) It is an innvocation.
(b) It is a preface to the story.
(c) It is the introduction to a character's life.
(d) It is a song about the main characters.

13. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Four?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in red.

14. Early in Poem Three, what is the main character's favorite type of music?
(a) Blues.
(b) Rhythem and Blues.
(c) Latin music.
(d) Rock & Roll.

15. How long was the marathon that the main character in Poem Three was attending?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 36 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem Three, how old was the main character when she ran off?

2. At the end of Poem One, what type of colored girls does the narrator say this play is for?

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

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

5. What is the title of Poem One?

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