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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 does the main character in Poem Three identify as her race/heritage?
(a) Mostly African American with hints of White.
(b) Mostly White with hints of Spanish.
(c) Mostly African American wih hints of Spanish.
(d) Mostly Spanish with hints of African American.

2. What topic is mentioned in Poem Two that leads the reader into the next poem?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Latin dances.
(c) Violence.
(d) Suicide.

3. Who is the last character to speak in Poem One?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in red.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in purple.

4. In Poem Six, which characters narrate the poem?
(a) The ladies in yellow, red, and green.
(b) The ladies in orange, green, and blue.
(c) The ladies in purple, brown, and red.
(d) The ladies in blue, red, and purple.

5. Early in Poem Three, what is the main character's favorite type of music?
(a) Blues.
(b) Latin music.
(c) Rhythem and Blues.
(d) Rock & Roll.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is the lady in yellow from?

4. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Two?

5. What is the setting of this work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason do the characters give for dancing?

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

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

4. What does dance represent at the beginning of Sequence Four? What does dance represent at the end of Sequence Four?

5. What links Poems Six and Seven together?

6. What happened to the main character's "stuff" in Poem Seventeen?

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

8. Describe Poem Three.

9. How is dance used in Poem Two?

10. What do the two songs at the end of Poem One represent?

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