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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. 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?
(a) "Silly."
(b) "Totally immature."
(c) "Finallly grown."
(d) "Wonderfully free."
2. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?
(a) "Little Sally Walker."
(b) "Shake It Shimmy."
(c) "Riding Down the River."
(d) "Rollercoaster Ride."
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) Places she would like to live.
(d) The things she looks for in a man.
4. Who does the main character In Poem Three run off to see?
(a) Carlos Santana.
(b) Willie Colon.
(c) Tito Puente.
(d) Celia Cruz.
5. How does the character in Poem Seven feel physically in her situation?
(a) She feels numb.
(b) She feels relaxed.
(c) She feels pain.
(d) She feels tired.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the artist that sings the song at the start of Poem Six?
2. How long was the marathon that the main character in Poem Three was attending?
3. What do the characters ironically suggest in Poem Six?
4. What ties Poems Six and Seven in Sequence Two together?
5. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the language used in Poem One.
2. How is dance used in Poem Two?
3. What links Poems Six and Seven together?
4. How do the women move to the ends of their rainbow?
5. How does the lady in yellow begin Poem Sixteen? What feelings does she convey in the poem?
6. Describe Poem Three.
7. Why do the women describe themselves as living outside of the cities in Poem One?
8. Describe the language used in Poem Nine.
9. Describe the poetic imagery in Poem Seven.
10. What do the two songs at the end of Poem One represent?
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