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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Poem Ten, at what time do women from Louisiana shell peas?
(a) 3:00 pm.
(b) 6:00 pm.
(c) 5:00 pm.
(d) 4:00 pm.

2. Which character in Poem Twenty says, "not my mama/holding me tight/ sayin/ I'm always gonna be her girl /not a layin on of bosom & womb..."?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in brown.

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

4. In Poem Six, which characters narrate the poem?
(a) The ladies in yellow, red, and green.
(b) The ladies in purple, brown, and red.
(c) The ladies in blue, red, and purple.
(d) The ladies in orange, green, and blue.

5. What do the characters ironically suggest in Poem Six?
(a) A failed marriage is always the woman's fault.
(b) A battered woman is a weak woman.
(c) A pregnant teen has no morals.
(d) A women raped by someone she knows, asks for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator of the story missing in Poem Twenty?

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

3. What does the main character in Poem Three identify as her race/heritage?

4. How are the poems in Sequence Four different from earlier poems in the play?

5. What does Beau do differently in his last attempt to win the main character back in Poem Nineteen?

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