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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the story about in Poem Twelve?
(a) Three women who see an attractive man.
(b) Five women who fight over a man.
(c) Two women who take a trip together.
(d) A group of women who despise being loved by a man.

2. What is Poem Ten about?
(a) A provocative woman who attracts men.
(b) A short woman who longs to be tall.
(c) A homeless woman who has to fend for her family.
(d) A crazy woman who kills her husband.

3. What was the profession of the main character in Poem Eight?
(a) A carnival dancer.
(b) A gypsy woman.
(c) A boat operator.
(d) A maid.

4. What does Beau threaten to do if the main character does not marry him in Poem Nineteen?
(a) To throw the children down the steps.
(b) To drop the children out the window.
(c) To kill himself.
(d) To move back in.

5. What did the narrator of Poem Thirteen feel was redundant?
(a) Feeling sorrow and being black.
(b) Being smart and being a woman.
(c) Being sensitive and being nice.
(d) Being a woman and being black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of event does the character in the play describe at the start of Poem Eight?

2. Who narrates the story in Poem Twelve?

3. In Poem Nine, why was the main character disqualified from a contest that she entered to see which child could read the most books?

4. Who does the narrator in Poem Fifteen suggest that black women should act like?

5. Who narrates the story in Poem Ten?

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