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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the narrator of Poem Thirteen feel was redundant?
(a) Feeling sorrow and being black.
(b) Being smart and being a woman.
(c) Being a woman and being black.
(d) Being sensitive and being nice.

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

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

6. Who does the main character in Poem Nine discover when she starts reading books from the adult section of the library?
(a) Toussaint L'Ouverture.
(b) Geroge Washington Carver.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. Which character narrates Poem Seventeen?
(a) The lady in blue.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in green.
(d) The lady in yellow.

8. What is the title of Poem Nineteen?
(a) Sorry.
(b) A Laying on of Hands.
(c) A Nite with Beau Wille Brown.
(d) No More Love Poems.

9. Who narrates the story in Poem Twelve?
(a) The lady in red.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in purple.

10. How are the poems in Sequence Four different from earlier poems in the play?
(a) They use colloquial language.
(b) They are longer.
(c) They give a White woman's perspective on life.
(d) They are shorter.

11. In what section of the library does the main character of Poem Nine find the books Cajun Katie and Christopher Robin?
(a) The adult section.
(b) The young adult section.
(c) The reference section.
(d) The children's section.

12. What does Beau do differently in his last attempt to win the main character back in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He gets dressed up.
(b) He buys gifts for the kids.
(c) He brings flowers.
(d) He takes the main character to dinner.

13. What does the narrator in Poem Fifteen think black woman deal with too much?
(a) Hate.
(b) Change.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Rage.

14. Which character narrates Poem Fourteen?
(a) The lady in green.
(b) The lady in purple.
(c) The lady in blue.
(d) The lady in orange.

15. What event occurred that made the narrator of Poem Thirteen change the way that she danced?
(a) Her boyfriend broke up with her.
(b) She found out her man was cheating on her.
(c) She saw the woman that her man left her for.
(d) She met a new man at the bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which colorful character from the play represents the main character in the story portrayed through Poem Eight?

2. In Poem Nine, why was the main character disqualified from a contest that she entered to see which child could read the most books?

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

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

5. What is Poem Ten about?

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