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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 10 - 12 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker say each room must be turned into in order to accommodate the song discussed in paragraph 10?
(a) A dance party.
(b) A schoolhouse.
(c) A church.
(d) An auditorium.

2. What two words have been used to describe Lady Day when she sings the song discussed in paragraph 10?
(a) Punishing and relentless.
(b) Joyful and forgiving.
(c) Desperate and pleading.
(d) Chilling and unforgiving.

3. The song that Lady Day sometimes sings if she feels the audience deserves it said to be about what in paragraph 10?
(a) Pain and heartache.
(b) Being sad and mellow.
(c) Love and lust.
(d) Calm and peace.

4. In addition to there being "no more Eleanor" (para. 1), who does the narrator say is also gone?
(a) Miss Fagan.
(b) Billie.
(c) Ellie Day.
(d) Lady Day.

5. In paragraph 3, who does Lady Day drink with until morning after a show?
(a) The clarinet player.
(b) The drummer.
(c) Her manager.
(d) Her best girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the singer sometimes feel directs her singing according to paragraph 11?

2. Paragraph 11 begins by listing things people do not want to hear about regarding the singer. What are some of these things?

3. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she always looks like to her?

4. Who are the people wearing "fancy furs" and discussing Miss Day's singing style at the start of paragraph 10?

5. What are the people who offer to walk Lady Day to the club worried might happen if they do not?

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