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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the artist that sings the song at the start of Poem Six?
(a) Carlos Santana.
(b) Willie Colon.
(c) Martha and the Vandellas.
(d) The Dells.

2. Where is the lady in brown from?
(a) Outside San Francisco.
(b) Outside Detroit.
(c) Outside Chicago.
(d) Outside St. Louis.

3. What is the first word spoken in Poem Seven?
(a) Nose.
(b) Mouth.
(c) Ears.
(d) Eyes.

4. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Little Sally Walker."
(b) "Riding Down the River."
(c) "Rollercoaster Ride."
(d) "Shake It Shimmy."

5. At the end of Poem One, what type of colored girls does the narrator say this play is for?
(a) Those who have abandoned their rainbow.
(b) Those who have moved to the ends of their own rainbow.
(c) Those who have created their own rainbow.
(d) Those who have found refuge in a new rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song plays at the beginning of Poem Two?

2. Who is the first person to speak in the play?

3. What song plays at the start of Poem Six?

4. What images are contrasted in Poem Six?

5. What similarities exist between the cities that each character says that they are from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lady in yellow begin Poem Sixteen? What feelings does she convey in the poem?

2. What clue(s) does the playwright provide to the audience so that they know Poem One is about African American women?

3. How is dance used in Poem Two?

4. What does the lady in blue talk about in Poem Fifteen?

5. What happened to Beau when he came back from the war? Why did Crystal have to get a court order against Beau?

6. How is dance used in Poem Three?

7. Why does the lady in brown open and close the play?

8. What is ironic about Poem Six?

9. Who is the main character in Poem Ten? What story does the lady in red share about this character?

10. Describe Poem Nine.

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