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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the lady in brown call to at the beginning of Poem One?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in blue.

2. What does the narrator mean when she says, "dark phrases of womanhood/ of never havin been a girl/ half-notes scattered/ without rhythm" in Poem One?
(a) She takes life seriously.
(b) Her life is perfect.
(c) Her life is scattered with no direction.
(d) Her life is on track and very focused.

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

4. In Poem Three, what happened as a result of the main character's favorite musician not playing?
(a) She discovered different kinds of music.
(b) She stopped listening to worldly music.
(c) She never listened to that artist again.
(d) She learned to play an instrument.

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

6. In Poem One, which character says, "and this is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but moved to the end of their own rainbows"?
(a) The lady in yellow.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in brown.
(d) The lady in purple.

7. In Poem Three, how old was the main character when she ran off?
(a) 13 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

8. How does the main character in Poem Four refer to her relationship with her former boyfriend?
(a) "A crash course in love."
(b) "A test."
(c) "An experiment."
(d) "A last chance."

9. What does the main character in Poem Three identify as her race/heritage?
(a) Mostly Spanish with hints of African American.
(b) Mostly African American wih hints of Spanish.
(c) Mostly African American with hints of White.
(d) Mostly White with hints of Spanish.

10. Who is the first person to speak in the play?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in red.

11. Who is with the main character in Poem Seven as she is relaying what is happening to her?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her friends,
(c) No one.
(d) Her family.

12. In Poem One, which character(s) say(s), "an put your hands on your hips/ an let your backbone slip"?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in blue.

13. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?
(a) They are all from the suburbs.
(b) They are all women.
(c) They are all White.
(d) They are all in their 20s.

14. What does the lady in orange do at the end of Poem Four?
(a) She talks to the audience about love.
(b) She reads her own letter to a man that she can't talk to anymore.
(c) She recaps what happened earlier in the poem.
(d) She convinces the main character to leave her man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Poem One?

2. Where is the lady in brown from?

3. How does the character in Poem Seven feel mentally about her situation?

4. What is the last line of Poem Seven?

5. What does each character do before anyone starts to speak?

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