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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what does she say someone did with her "stuff" in Poem Seventeen?
(a) Threw it away.
(b) Hid it.
(c) Stole it.
(d) Walked off with it.

2. How do the women act towards each other at the end of the Poem Twelve?
(a) Like they were sisters.
(b) Like they were cousins.
(c) Like they were enemies.
(d) Like they were friends.

3. What dilemmas does the narrator in Poem Sixteen believe she is caught up in?
(a) The dilemmas of being a woman, alive, and black.
(b) The dilemmas of being smart, rich, and black.
(c) The dilemmas of being emotional, black woman.
(d) The dilemmas of being a single, white woman.

4. What words are the focus in Poem Eighteen?
(a) "I forgive you."
(b) "I love you."
(c) "I miss you."
(d) "I'm sorry."

5. What does Beau do differently in his last attempt to win the main character back in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He gets dressed up.
(b) He takes the main character to dinner.
(c) He buys gifts for the kids.
(d) He brings flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the ladies in blue, yellow, purple, and orange dancing at the start of Sequence Four?

2. Which character narrates Poem Fourteen?

3. What did the narrator of Poem Thirteen feel was redundant?

4. In what section of the library does the main character of Poem Nine find the books Cajun Katie and Christopher Robin?

5. What does the main character do to keep her Beau away in Poem Nineteen?

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