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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character of the story in Poem Eight?
(a) Sechita.
(b) Sanita.
(c) Shereeda.
(d) Shelia.

2. What types of event does the character in the play describe at the start of Poem Eight?
(a) Quadroon balls.
(b) Mardi Gras Parades.
(c) Street Fairs.
(d) Weddings.

3. What city is the main character in Poem Eight from?
(a) Miami.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Memphis.

4. Where did the main character Beau return from psychologically damaged in Poem Nineteen?
(a) China.
(b) Eqypt.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Vietnam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say she "usedta live" in Poem Eleven?

2. What is Poem Fourteen about?

3. What does the narrator in Poem Sixteen feel she should not be dependent on?

4. How does the narrator in Poem Fifteen describe the group that she thinks black women should become like?

5. What feels strange to the narrator of Poem Thirteen?

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