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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the "little girl" (para. 1) the subject does not want to be mistaken for described in paragraph 1?
(a) Arrogant and materialistic.
(b) Shattered and lonely.
(c) Lost and confused.
(d) Broken and misused.

3. Who will Lady Day's friends quote while trying to comfort her after a brake-up?
(a) Miss Hepburn.
(b) Miss Crawford.
(c) Miss Davis.
(d) Miss Hayworth.

4. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day performing?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Newark.

5. What does the story's subject always wear, according to paragraph 1 in "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Her silk.
(b) Her gold earrings.
(c) Her fur.
(d) Her leather.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Lady Day's life different from most other women according to paragraph 3?

2. What is Lady Day said to give away at the end of paragraph 2?

3. What does paragraph 4 say about Lady Day's best girlfriends?

4. In addition to there being "no more Eleanor" (para. 1), who does the narrator say is also gone?

5. What does Lady Day do on the advice of her friends?

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