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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem Fourteen, how does the narrator describe pleasuring herself through thought?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Empty.
(c) Tempting.
(d) Nonexistent.

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

3. How do the women act towards each other at the end of the Poem Twelve?
(a) Like they were cousins.
(b) Like they were friends.
(c) Like they were sisters.
(d) Like they were enemies.

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

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

6. In Poem Fourteen, what does the narrator say she lacks in order to look for love?
(a) Courage.
(b) Financial resources.
(c) Love.
(d) Good looks.

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

8. What is the title of Poem Seventeen?
(a) A Laying on of Hands.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Somebody Almost Walked Off Wid Alla My Stuff.
(d) No More Love Poems.

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

10. At the end of poem sequence four, which character dances and wakes up the other characters from their frozen state?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in yellow.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in blue.

11. How does the narrator end Poem Fourteen?
(a) With another prayer for someone to love her as she is.
(b) With a warning to single women.
(c) With a letter to her future husband.
(d) With a plea to married women.

12. 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) Find someone to love.
(d) Cherish her capacity to love.

13. What does the narrator say to begin Poem Sixteen?
(a) That she cannot love anymore.
(b) That she cannot fantasize.
(c) That she does not love men anymore.
(d) That she has lost touch with reality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem Nineteen, which character narrates the story?

2. What happens when the main character arrives to the docks at the end of Poem Nine?

3. Which character narrates Poem Fifteen?

4. Who does the narrator in Poem Seventeen say should handle her stuff?

5. How big does the narrator say her universe is in Poem Eleven?

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