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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does the narrator in Poem Fifteen suggest that black women should act like?
(a) Hispanic women.
(b) White women.
(c) Black men.
(d) White men.

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

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) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Geroge Washington Carver.

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

8. What is the name of Beau's daughter in Poem Nineteen?
(a) Nona.
(b) Nisha.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Nadia.

9. Where did the main character Beau return from psychologically damaged in Poem Nineteen?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) China.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Eqypt.

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

11. How does the narrator in Poem Fifteen describe the group that she thinks black women should become like?
(a) Dry with no rhythm.
(b) Unemotional and friendly.
(c) Smart with no desire for sexual pleasure.
(d) Talented and friendly.

12. Who is the main character of the story in Poem Eight?
(a) Sanita.
(b) Shereeda.
(c) Shelia.
(d) Sechita.

13. What does the main character do to keep her Beau away in Poem Nineteen?
(a) She gets a court order.
(b) She changes her phone number.
(c) She steals his car.
(d) She moves.

14. What city is the main character in Poem Eight from?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Miami.
(d) New Orleans.

15. What is Beau's full name in Poem Nineteen?
(a) James Johnson.
(b) Jerome Smalls.
(c) Brandon Best.
(d) Willie Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in the play tells the story in Poem Eight?

2. What dilemmas does the narrator in Poem Sixteen believe she is caught up in?

3. What is the title of Poem Seventeen?

4. Where does the narrator say she moved to in Poem Eleven?

5. At the end of poem sequence four, which character dances and wakes up the other characters from their frozen state?

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