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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only way that the lady in orange says she can communicate at the beginning of Poem Five?
(a) Through dancing.
(b) Through singing.
(c) Through poetry.
(d) Through writing letters.

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

3. Who does the main character In Poem Three run off to see?
(a) Celia Cruz.
(b) Tito Puente.
(c) Willie Colon.
(d) Carlos Santana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Shake It Shimmy."
(b) "Little Sally Walker."
(c) "Riding Down the River."
(d) "Rollercoaster Ride."

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

12. In Poem Two, how does the poem's main character feel after she and her friends had a lot to drink, danced, and got sexy?
(a) "Wonderfully free."
(b) "Totally immature."
(c) "Finallly grown."
(d) "Silly."

13. 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 blue.
(d) The lady in green.

14. In Poem Seven, which character says,"tubes tables white washed windows/ grime from age wiped over once"?
(a) The lady in orange.
(b) The lady in brown.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in blue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second word spoken in Poem Seven?

2. What ties Poems Six and Seven in Sequence Two together?

3. What is Poem Six about?

4. What does the main character in Poem Four read to the audience?

5. Who is the first person to speak in the play?

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