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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are the ladies in blue, yellow, purple, and orange dancing at the start of Sequence Four?
(a) Like they are catching a disease.
(b) Like they are drowning in water.
(c) Like they are flying in the sky.
(d) Like they are chocking.

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

4. What was the profession of the main character in Poem Eight?
(a) A gypsy woman.
(b) A maid.
(c) A carnival dancer.
(d) A boat operator.

5. Which character in the play tells the story in Poem Eight?
(a) The lady in brown.
(b) The lady in orange.
(c) The lady in purple.
(d) The lady in green.

6. In Poem Fourteen, how does the narrator describe pleasuring herself through thought?
(a) Empty.
(b) Fulfilling.
(c) Tempting.
(d) Nonexistent.

7. In Poem Sixteen, what does the narrator want to do?
(a) Find someone to love.
(b) Get over her broken heart.
(c) Cherish her capacity to love.
(d) Stop loving the man that she loves.

8. What does Beau threaten to do if the main character does not marry him in Poem Nineteen?
(a) To drop the children out the window.
(b) To move back in.
(c) To kill himself.
(d) To throw the children down the steps.

9. 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 reference section.
(c) The children's section.
(d) The young adult section.

10. What happens when Beau keeps trying to get funding to pay for school in Poem Nineteen?
(a) He gets placed in remedial classes.
(b) He cannot get any money.
(c) He enrolls in advanced classes.
(d) He does not register for classes.

11. What is the story about in Poem Twelve?
(a) A group of women who despise being loved by a man.
(b) Two women who take a trip together.
(c) Five women who fight over a man.
(d) Three women who see an attractive man.

12. Who does the main character in Poem Eighteen speak with in the poem?
(a) A family member.
(b) An imaginary lover.
(c) An old lover.
(d) A best friend.

13. In Poem Nineteen, which character narrates the story?
(a) The lady in orange.
(b) The lady in green.
(c) The lady in red.
(d) The lady in purple.

14. How big does the narrator say her universe is in Poem Eleven?
(a) Twelve blocks.
(b) An infinite amount of blocks.
(c) Six blocks.
(d) Two blocks.

15. What is the name of the main character in Poem Nineteen?
(a) Crystal.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Shannon.
(d) Tammi.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Poem Eighteen, what suggestion does the narrator make to the person with whom she is speaking with?

2. Which character narrates Poem Fourteen?

3. How does the narrator end Poem Fourteen?

4. According to the narrator, what happens when Beau learns that the main character is pregnant again in Poem Nineteen?

5. Who narrates the story in Poem Twelve?

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