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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator in Poem Sixteen feel she should not be dependent on?
(a) Other human beings.
(b) Her emotions.
(c) A good friend.
(d) The hearts.

2. What does Poem Thirteen's narrator say she tried to bring into people's lives?
(a) Joy and pain.
(b) Love and joy.
(c) Pain and heartache.
(d) Love and lust.

3. How are the ladies in blue, yellow, purple, and orange dancing at the start of Sequence Four?
(a) Like they are catching a disease.
(b) Like they are flying in the sky.
(c) Like they are drowning in water.
(d) Like they are chocking.

4. At the end of Poem Eighteen, what suggestion does the narrator make to the person with whom she is speaking with?
(a) Admit shortcomings up front.
(b) Be careful who you fall in love with.
(c) Stop cheating with women that she knows.
(d) Never say "I'm sorry."

5. According to the narrator, what happens when Beau learns that the main character is pregnant again in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He beats her.
(c) He cries.
(d) He celebrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the main character Beau return from psychologically damaged in Poem Nineteen?

2. What does Beau threaten to do if the main character does not marry him in Poem Nineteen?

3. According to the narrator, what does she say someone did with her "stuff" in Poem Seventeen?

4. Who is the main character of the story in Poem Eight?

5. What does the narrator say to begin Poem Sixteen?

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