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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 blue.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in yellow.

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

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

13. What types of event does the character in the play describe at the start of Poem Eight?
(a) Street Fairs.
(b) Weddings.
(c) Quadroon balls.
(d) Mardi Gras Parades.

14. In what section of the library does the main character of Poem Nine find the books Cajun Katie and Christopher Robin?
(a) The reference section.
(b) The adult section.
(c) The children's section.
(d) The young adult section.

15. What is the title of Poem Eighteen?
(a) A Laying on of Hands.
(b) Pyramid.
(c) A Nite with Beau Wille Brown.
(d) Sorry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What themes are the poems in Sequence Four built around?

2. What is Poem Fourteen about?

3. In Poem Fourteen, what does the narrator say she lacks in order to look for love?

4. What does the narrator in Poem Fifteen think black woman deal with too much?

5. What is the title of Poem Seventeen?

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