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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Poem Six say has changed about the social circles in which women seek companionship?
(a) Women can now meet rapists.
(b) Women can now get in for free.
(c) Women can now meet more courtly gentlemen.
(d) Women can now meet other women.

4. In Sequence One, which character says, "forty poems 2 plants &3 handmade notecards i left/ town so i cd send to you have been no help to me/ on my job"?
(a) The lady in yellow.
(b) The ladty in red.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady blue.

5. Where is the lady in green from?
(a) Outside Houston.
(b) Outside Baltimore.
(c) Outside San Francisco.
(d) Outside St. Louis.

6. Which character(s) run off the stage after the start of Poem Seven?
(a) The ladies in blue and purple.
(b) The ladies in red and green.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in purple.

7. In Poem Two, what happened to the poem's main character the day after the party?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) She had a bad headache.
(c) She could not find her glasses.
(d) She could not stop smiling.

8. In Poem Six, which character says,"these men friends of ours/ who smile nice/ stay employed/ and take us out to dinner"?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in brown.
(d) The lady in red.

9. What is the last line of Poem Seven?
(a) once i waz pregnant & shamed of myself.
(b) waznt no need for colored folks to bear no cross at all.
(c) i just cdnt stop grinnin.
(d) & we are left with scars.

10. What is the first word spoken in Poem Seven?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Mouth.
(c) Nose.
(d) Ears.

11. 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) "Riding Down the River."
(d) "Rollercoaster Ride."

12. What is the story in Poem Seven about?
(a) Rape.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Death.

13. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

14. Based on Poem One, what is this play about?
(a) It is about finding love.
(b) It is about single women and their pursuits.
(c) It is about abused women in America.
(d) It is about African American women finding their voice.

15. How does the narrator in Poem Seven tell her story?
(a) She uses poetic imagry.
(b) She uses illiteration.
(c) She foreshadowing.
(d) She compares and contrasts situations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main character in Poem Three identify as her race/heritage?

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

3. Where is the lady in red from?

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

5. How does the character in Poem Seven feel physically in her situation?

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