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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are among the people who talk about Lady Day's singing style as discussed in paragraph 10?
(a) Other musicians.
(b) Family members.
(c) Music students.
(d) Downtown collectors.

2. What song does the speaker say not everyone is going to "get" in paragraph 10?
(a) Summertime.
(b) Strange Fruit.
(c) Fine and Mellow.
(d) God Bless the Child.

3. Occasionally, the song discussed in paragraph 10 will be the only song she will sing if she feels that the front row audience looks like they are what?
(a) Not listening.
(b) Pompous and rude.
(c) Ungrateful.
(d) Rich and stupid.

4. What type of alcoholic beverage does Lady Day's "dear boys" make her?
(a) Manhattans.
(b) Gin and tonics.
(c) Martinis.
(d) Highballs.

5. Who does the story's subject not wish to be mistaken for at the start of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Lady Day.
(b) Eleanora Fagan.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Ella Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say people are in paragraph 10 after describing audience members?

2. Why do dogs remind Lady Day of herself?

3. What does Lady Day no longer wear in her hair that Billie used to?

4. What does paragraph 3 imply that most other women have waiting for them at home, which Lady Day does not?

5. Paragraph 9 ends by saying Lady Day paints her face as a form of what?

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