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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. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) A fictional novel.
(b) A play.
(c) A nonfiction novel.
(d) A choreopoem.

2. What is Poem Six about?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Terrorism.
(d) Rape.

3. What does the main character in Poem Four make a list of?
(a) Some of the goals she has in life.
(b) The ways she loved her man.
(c) The things she looks for in a man.
(d) Places she would like to live.

4. What similarities exist between the cities that each character says that they are from?
(a) They are all on the east coast of the United States.
(b) They are all in a depression.
(c) They are all state capitols.
(d) They are all urban cities in America.

5. What is the race of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) African American.
(c) Asian American.
(d) White American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character(s) run off the stage after the start of Poem Seven?

2. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Three?

3. Early in Poem Three, what is the main character's favorite type of music?

4. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?

5. In Poem Seven, which character says,"tubes tables white washed windows/ grime from age wiped over once"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Poem Two.

3. What issue is discussed in the final poem?

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

5. How does the playwright bring universality to the script in Poem One?

6. How is dance used in Poem Four?

7. What contrasts and juxtapositions are apparent at the beginning of Poem Eleven?

8. What happens in Poem Twelve? How do the women deal with the situation that arises?

9. Why do the characters end the play on a good note, despite the journey?

10. How is dance used in Poem Three?

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