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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. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Four?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in green.

2. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Shortnin' Bread."
(b) "Ham Bone."
(c) "Jimmy James."
(d) "Miss Mary Mack."

3. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?
(a) They are all in their 20s.
(b) They are all women.
(c) They are all White.
(d) They are all from the suburbs.

4. In Poem Seven, which character says,"tubes tables white washed windows/ grime from age wiped over once"?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in brown.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in yellow.

5. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?
(a) Reading.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the lady in red from?

2. What do the characters ironically suggest in Poem Six?

3. Who is the last character to speak in Poem One?

4. In Poem Two, how does the poem's main character feel after she and her friends had a lot to drink, danced, and got sexy?

5. Where is the lady in orange from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the language used in Poem One.

2. How does the final poem sum up the dramatic and thematic journey of the play?

3. Based on the information in Poem One, what is the play about?

4. What metaphors are apparent in Poem Seventeen? What do these metaphors represent?

5. How is dance used in Poem Four?

6. What issue is discussed in the final poem?

7. What do the final lines of the play represent?

8. Why does the lady in green call on white women and other men in Poem Seventeen?

9. What contrasts are made in Poem Fifteen?

10. Describe Poem Three.

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