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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many characters run onto the stage at the beginning of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

2. What does the narrator mean when she says, "dark phrases of womanhood/ of never havin been a girl/ half-notes scattered/ without rhythm" in Poem One?
(a) She takes life seriously.
(b) Her life is perfect.
(c) Her life is scattered with no direction.
(d) Her life is on track and very focused.

3. In Poem Three, what happened as a result of the main character's favorite musician not playing?
(a) She never listened to that artist again.
(b) She stopped listening to worldly music.
(c) She discovered different kinds of music.
(d) She learned to play an instrument.

4. What is the story in Poem Seven about?
(a) Rape.
(b) Death.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Abortion.

5. What is the race of the characters in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) African American.
(c) Asian American.
(d) White American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of literary work is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?

2. Where is the lady in brown from?

3. In Poem One, which character says, "dark phrases of womanhood/of never havin been a girl"?

4. In Sequence One, which character says, "we rambled from camden to mount holly/ laughin our tassles from the rear view mirror/ climbin different sorta project stairs"?

5. What is the second word spoken in Poem Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poetic imagery in Poem Six.

2. Describe the poetic imagery in Poem Seven.

3. What does Poem One represent? What is its significance?

4. What links Poems Six and Seven together?

5. Why do the women describe themselves as living outside of the cities in Poem One?

6. What do the two songs at the end of Poem One represent?

7. How is dance used in Poem Two?

8. What is the purpose of Poem Six?

9. What reason do the characters give for dancing?

10. What contrasts and juxtapositions are apparent at the beginning of Poem Eleven?

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