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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the narrator of Poem Thirteen feel was redundant?
(a) Being a woman and being black.
(b) Being sensitive and being nice.
(c) Being smart and being a woman.
(d) Feeling sorrow and being black.

4. Who does the narrator in Poem Fifteen suggest that black women should act like?
(a) White men.
(b) Hispanic women.
(c) White women.
(d) Black men.

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

6. Which character in the play tells the story in Poem Eight?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in orange.

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

8. What does the narrator in Poem Sixteen feel she should not be dependent on?
(a) A good friend.
(b) The hearts.
(c) Her emotions.
(d) Other human beings.

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

10. Which colorful character from the play represents the main character in the story portrayed through Poem Eight?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in blue.

11. Who does the main character in Poem Nine meet at the docks?
(a) Ramsey Armstrong.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Toussaint L'Ouverture.
(d) Toussaint Jones.

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

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

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

15. What does the narrator in Poem Seventeen want the person to do with her "stuff"?
(a) Return it.
(b) Give it to somepne else.
(c) Throw it away.
(d) Burn it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem Nine, why was the main character disqualified from a contest that she entered to see which child could read the most books?

2. Who narrates the story in Poem Twelve?

3. What event occurred that made the narrator of Poem Thirteen change the way that she danced?

4. Who narrates the story in Poem Ten?

5. What is the title of Poem Seventeen?

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