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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Poem Eleven, how does the narrator describe her current universe at the end of the poem?
(a) As a world of cruelty.
(b) As a world of excitement.
(c) As a world of hope.
(d) As a world of longing.

4. Where does the narrator say she moved to in Poem Eleven?
(a) The world.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Queens.
(d) Egypt.

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

6. Who narrates the story in Poem Twelve?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in purple.

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

8. How does the narrator in Poem Fifteen describe the group that she thinks black women should become like?
(a) Unemotional and friendly.
(b) Dry with no rhythm.
(c) Smart with no desire for sexual pleasure.
(d) Talented and friendly.

9. Who narrates the story in Poem Ten?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in green.

10. How big does the narrator say her universe is in Poem Eleven?
(a) Two blocks.
(b) Six blocks.
(c) An infinite amount of blocks.
(d) Twelve blocks.

11. Who does the main character in Poem Nine discover when she starts reading books from the adult section of the library?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Geroge Washington Carver.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Toussaint L'Ouverture.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character narrates Poem Fourteen?

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

3. At the end of Poem Eighteen, what suggestion does the narrator make to the person with whom she is speaking with?

4. How does the narrator end Poem Fourteen?

5. In what section of the library does the main character of Poem Nine find the books Cajun Katie and Christopher Robin?

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