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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What similarities exist between the cities that each character says that they are from?
(a) They are all on the east coast of the United States.
(b) They are all urban cities in America.
(c) They are all state capitols.
(d) They are all in a depression.

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

3. What images are contrasted in Poem Six?
(a) Images of battered women and images of women who have not been battered.
(b) Images of young men and images of old men.
(c) Images of Black men and images of White men.
(d) Images of a courtly gentleman and images of the same men holding fists.

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

5. What topic is mentioned in Poem Two that leads the reader into the next poem?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Violence.
(c) Latin dances.
(d) Marriage.

6. 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"?
(a) The lady in yellow.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in green.

7. How does the character in Poem Seven feel mentally about her situation?
(a) She feel anxious.
(b) She feels shameful.
(c) She feels sad.
(d) She feels happy.

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

9. How did the main character in Poem Three react when she found out that her favorite musician was not going to be playing?
(a) She started to cry.
(b) She lost her temper.
(c) She demanded to get her money back.
(d) She tore up the musician's albums.

10. Where is the lady in yellow from?
(a) Outside Chicago.
(b) Outside Detroit.
(c) Outside Houston.
(d) Outside San Francisco.

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

12. In Poem Six, which characters narrate the poem?
(a) The ladies in yellow, red, and green.
(b) The ladies in purple, brown, and red.
(c) The ladies in orange, green, and blue.
(d) The ladies in blue, red, and purple.

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

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

15. What song plays at the start of Poem Six?
(a) "Che Che Cole."
(b) "Drive Me Crazy."
(c) "Shake Me Down."
(d) "Cha Cha Cha."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the characters ironically suggest in Poem Six?

2. What is the last line of Poem Seven?

3. How does the narrator in Poem Seven tell her story?

4. What is Poem Six about?

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

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