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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. What word in the first paragraph indicates that the subject of the story is a performer?
(a) Stage.
(b) Microphone.
(c) Playbill.
(d) Audience.

2. How is the "little gang" (para. 4) of Lady Day's friends described?
(a) Star struck women.
(b) Sycophants.
(c) Dear boys.
(d) Groupies.

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

4. Who is the author of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Zadie Smith.
(b) Ali Smith.
(c) Bailey Smith.
(d) Katie Smith.

5. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she can be for her in paragraph 2?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her manager.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her confidant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the story's subject not wish to be mistaken for at the start of "Crazy They Call Me"?

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

3. What does the story's subject always wear, according to paragraph 1 in "Crazy They Call Me"?

4. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?

5. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day no longer able to play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lady Day dress according to the first paragraph?

2. What term is used to describe the singer's relationship with men at the start of paragraph 4?

3. What does Lady Day do per the advice of her friends after a break-up in paragraph 4?

4. What does Lady Day do when "clueless bobby-soxers" (para. 2) tell her they loved her Carnegie Hall performance?

5. How is the singer's relationship with women who live very different lives described in paragraph 3?

6. Who are the singer's "best girlfriends" as described in paragraph 4?

7. What type of girl does the speaker suggest can sing the song "take back your mink, take back your pearls" (para. 1)?

8. Who is Eleanor Fagan and how is she described?

9. What is Lady Day doing in Newark in paragraph 2?

10. In what ways is the famous singer's life described as different from most women in paragraph 3?

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