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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words are the focus in Poem Eighteen?

2. Where does the narrator say she moved to in Poem Eleven?

3. What happens when Beau keeps trying to get funding to pay for school in Poem Nineteen?

4. What is Poem Fourteen about?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play describes urban African American life. Why do the women in the play not live in the cities, but "outside" of the cities? How does this relate to the theme of freedom? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the songs and music in the play? Why do you think the author chose these particular songs? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the play, the lady in brown's final words are, "This is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but are movin to the ends of their own rainbow." What does this statement mean? What do colored girls have to do in order to move "to the ends of their own rainbow"? What is required of them? Please use specific examples from the book.

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