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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of Poem Seventeen?
(a) A Laying on of Hands.
(b) No More Love Poems.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Somebody Almost Walked Off Wid Alla My Stuff.

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

4. Which character narrates Poem Fifteen?
(a) The lady in purple.
(b) The lady in blue.
(c) The lady in orange.
(d) The lady in yellow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of Poem Fourteen, what is she looking for in a man?

2. What is Poem Fourteen about?

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

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

5. What is the title of Poem Nineteen?

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