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

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

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

4. Who does the speaker say can be "crazier than a box of frogs" in paragraphs 5 of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Fans.
(b) Men.
(c) Ladies.
(d) Agents.

5. What did the singer wish she said to an interviewer from the Daily News who once asked about how she does not read music?
(a) I FEEL music.
(b) I don't need to read music to be music.
(c) I AM music.
(d) Neither can you.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In paragraph 3, who does Lady Day drink with until morning after a show?

3. 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"?

4. How is the "little girl" (para. 1) the subject does not want to be mistaken for described in paragraph 1?

5. What does Lady Day "throw...before swine" in paragraph 10?

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