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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the main character in Poem Ten allow men to do?
(a) She gives them no allowances.
(b) She allows them to spend the night.
(c) She allows them to spend her money
(d) She allows them to hit her.

2. What happens when Beau keeps trying to get funding to pay for school in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He gets placed in remedial classes.
(b) He does not register for classes.
(c) He cannot get any money.
(d) He enrolls in advanced classes.

3. Which character narrates Poem Eleven?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in pink.
(d) The lady in purple.

4. What event occurred that made the narrator of Poem Thirteen change the way that she danced?
(a) Her boyfriend broke up with her.
(b) She saw the woman that her man left her for.
(c) She met a new man at the bar.
(d) She found out her man was cheating on her.

5. What dilemmas does the narrator in Poem Sixteen believe she is caught up in?
(a) The dilemmas of being smart, rich, and black.
(b) The dilemmas of being a single, white woman.
(c) The dilemmas of being emotional, black woman.
(d) The dilemmas of being a woman, alive, and black.

6. What is Beau's full name in Poem Nineteen?
(a) James Johnson.
(b) Willie Brown.
(c) Jerome Smalls.
(d) Brandon Best.

7. How many kids do the main character and Beau have in Poem Nineteen?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

8. What words are the focus in Poem Eighteen?
(a) "I'm sorry."
(b) "I forgive you."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "I miss you."

9. What is Poem Fourteen about?
(a) The narrator's need for a new man.
(b) The narrator's need to be loved by a man.
(c) The narrator's love of friendship.
(d) The narrator's irritation with men.

10. In Poem Sixteen, what does the narrator want to do?
(a) Get over her broken heart.
(b) Stop loving the man that she loves.
(c) Cherish her capacity to love.
(d) Find someone to love.

11. What does Beau do differently in his last attempt to win the main character back in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He buys gifts for the kids.
(b) He gets dressed up.
(c) He takes the main character to dinner.
(d) He brings flowers.

12. How are the ladies in blue, yellow, purple, and orange dancing at the start of Sequence Four?
(a) Like they are flying in the sky.
(b) Like they are catching a disease.
(c) Like they are chocking.
(d) Like they are drowning in water.

13. What character gives the narrative in Poem Eighteen?
(a) The lady in orange.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in purple.

14. What does Poem Thirteen's narrator say she tried to bring into people's lives?
(a) Pain and heartache.
(b) Joy and pain.
(c) Love and lust.
(d) Love and joy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character narrates Poem Seventeen?

2. What city is the main character in Poem Eight from?

3. Who is the main character of the story in Poem Eight?

4. What does the narrator in Poem Seventeen want the person to do with her "stuff"?

5. How are the poems in Sequence Four different from earlier poems in the play?

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