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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sequence Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which colorful character from the play represents the main character in the story portrayed through Poem Eight?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in brown.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in green.

2. Where is the lady in red from?
(a) Outside Baltimore.
(b) Outside St. Louis.
(c) Outside San Francisco.
(d) Outside Chicago.

3. What do all of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf have in common?
(a) They are all from the suburbs.
(b) They are all in their 20s.
(c) They are all women.
(d) They are all White.

4. Which character(s) run off the stage after the start of Poem Seven?
(a) The ladies in blue and purple.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The ladies in red and green.
(d) The lady in green.

5. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?
(a) Reading.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem Nineteen, which character narrates the story?

2. What does the main character in Poem Four decide to do as a result of her relationship?

3. Which one of these folk songs does the cast of the play sing in Poem One?

4. What happens when the main character arrives to the docks at the end of Poem Nine?

5. In Sequence One, which character says, "forty poems 2 plants &3 handmade notecards i left/ town so i cd send to you have been no help to me/ on my job"?

(see the answer key)

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