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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What game do the characters play at the end of the play?
(a) Uno.
(b) Tag.
(c) Twister.
(d) Connect Four.

13. At the end of Poem Seven, how does the main character feel?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Full of life.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Lonely.

14. What do the characters ironically suggest in Poem Six?
(a) A failed marriage is always the woman's fault.
(b) A women raped by someone she knows, asks for it.
(c) A battered woman is a weak woman.
(d) A pregnant teen has no morals.

15. Which character says, "are we ghouls?/ children of horror?/ the joke?"
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Poem One?

2. Who does the main character In Poem Three run off to see?

3. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

4. What is Poem Six about?

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

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