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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of poem sequence four, which character dances and wakes up the other characters from their frozen state?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in yellow.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in red.

2. What is the only way that the lady in orange says she can communicate at the beginning of Poem Five?
(a) Through dancing.
(b) Through singing.
(c) Through poetry.
(d) Through writing letters.

3. Which character narrates Poem Eleven?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in pink.
(d) The lady in purple.

4. In Poem One, which character says, "and this is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but moved to the end of their own rainbows"?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in yellow.
(d) The lady in purple.

5. In Poem Eleven, how does the narrator describe her current universe at the end of the poem?
(a) As a world of hope.
(b) As a world of excitement.
(c) As a world of longing.
(d) As a world of cruelty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurred that made the narrator of Poem Thirteen change the way that she danced?

2. Who does the main character in Poem Nine meet at the docks?

3. Which character narrates Poem Sixteen?

4. In Poem Fourteen, what does the narrator say she lacks in order to look for love?

5. Early in Poem Three, what is the main character's favorite type of music?

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