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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feels strange to the narrator of Poem Thirteen?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Crying.
(d) Laughing.

2. What themes are the poems in Sequence Four built around?
(a) Fear and Power.
(b) Love and relationships.
(c) Long lost love.
(d) Pain and misery.

3. According to the narrator of Poem Fourteen, what is she looking for in a man?
(a) Friendship.
(b) A seamless love.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Passoniate intimacy.

4. What happens when the main character arrives to the docks at the end of Poem Nine?
(a) She reads one of her library books.
(b) She runs into some of her friends.
(c) She meets a man named Toussaint.
(d) She rents a boat and sailed off.

5. According to Poem Ten, at what time do women from Louisiana shell peas?
(a) 3:00 pm.
(b) 6:00 pm.
(c) 5:00 pm.
(d) 4:00 pm.

6. Which character narrates Poem Fourteen?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in blue.

7. Who does the narrator in Poem Seventeen say should handle her stuff?
(a) Her lover is the only one.
(b) Her husband is the only one.
(c) She is the only one.
(d) Her best friend is the only one.

8. What is Poem Ten about?
(a) A short woman who longs to be tall.
(b) A homeless woman who has to fend for her family.
(c) A provocative woman who attracts men.
(d) A crazy woman who kills her husband.

9. Where does the narrator say she "usedta live" in Poem Eleven?
(a) In Harlem.
(b) In the world.
(c) In Egypt.
(d) In Queens.

10. What does the main character do to keep her Beau away in Poem Nineteen?
(a) She steals his car.
(b) She moves.
(c) She changes her phone number.
(d) She gets a court order.

11. Which character narrates Poem Seventeen?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in blue.

12. Which character narrates Poem Fifteen?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in yellow.

13. What is the narrator referring to when she references her "stuff"?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her television.

14. How are the poems in Sequence Four different from earlier poems in the play?
(a) They are shorter.
(b) They use colloquial language.
(c) They give a White woman's perspective on life.
(d) They are longer.

15. In Poem Nineteen, which character narrates the story?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator in Poem Fifteen suggest that black women should act like?

2. What is the name of the main character in Poem Nineteen?

3. Which character tells the story in Poem Eight?

4. What dilemmas does the narrator in Poem Sixteen believe she is caught up in?

5. What is the title of Poem Eighteen?

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