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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paragraph 7 starts by saying that Lady Day can be the most wonderful what "when the mood takes" her?
(a) Singer, songwriter, performer.
(b) Mother, sister, wife.
(c) Lover, housekeeper, and dog-mom.
(d) Aunt, godmother, and nursemaid.

2. At which point does Lady Day think "all is forgiven" (para. 8) during a show?
(a) When people who complain get to meet her backstage.
(b) When the audience thinks she has performed well.
(c) When the audience gets their money back.
(d) As soon as she starts to sing.

3. What does Lady Day call the men who offer to walk her to the club in paragraph 8?
(a) Dear boys.
(b) Chaperons.
(c) Sycophants.
(d) Men-in-waiting.

4. What does the speaker say Lady Day and her dog Pepi are?
(a) Arch enemies.
(b) Soul mates.
(c) Best friends.
(d) Perfect strangers.

5. Paragraph 9 ends by saying Lady Day paints her face as a form of what?
(a) Self destruction.
(b) Self care.
(c) Protection.
(d) Pretending.

6. What is Lady Day's little dog's name?
(a) Pearl.
(b) Pepi.
(c) Levi.
(d) Pippie.

7. What does paragraph 5 imply about Lady Day's relationship with certain women?
(a) They only associated with her because she was famous.
(b) They were childhood friends.
(c) She had had affairs with their husbands.
(d) They were lovers.

8. What are all the people waiting downstairs for Lady Day "involved in" according to paragraph 8?
(a) Her repertoire.
(b) Her image.
(c) Her personal life.
(d) Her bills.

9. What happened to the big dog Lady Day used to have?
(a) She gave her to a fan.
(b) She ran away.
(c) She gave her to an ex-lover.
(d) She died.

10. What does the speaker say some people would do to a dog like Pepi "just for something to do" (para. 6)?
(a) Scold her.
(b) Steal her.
(c) Pet her.
(d) Kick her.

11. Who waits for Lady Day downstairs at the start of paragraph 8?
(a) Family.
(b) Fans.
(c) Boyfriends.
(d) Business-minded fellows.

12. What does Lady Day no longer wear in her hair that Billie used to?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Chrysanthemum.
(c) Lillies.
(d) Gardenias.

13. Who is said to be "too good for this world" at the end of paragraph 6?
(a) Singers.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Dogs.

14. What does the speaker say Lady Day will do after opening her vanity case at the start of paragraph 6?
(a) Boogie woogie.
(b) Take a trip on the light fantastic.
(c) Shake, rattle, and roll.
(d) Swoon and croon.

15. What word does the speaker use to describe Lady Day's hair and make-up in paragraph 9?
(a) Fake.
(b) Shield.
(c) Facade.
(d) Armor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of alcoholic beverage does Lady Day's "dear boys" make her?

2. How did someone describe Lady Day's face after she "got skinny" according to paragraph 9?

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

4. What does the speaker mean in paragraph 5 when she says, "There was no way to be in the world like that, not back then"?

5. Who does the speaker say can be "crazier than a box of frogs" in paragraphs 5 of "Crazy They Call Me"?

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