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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 5 - 9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?
(a) In a pearl-encrusted cigarette box.
(b) In a diamond encrusted cigarette box.
(c) In a sterling silber cigarette box.
(d) In the pack they came in.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what point of view is "Crazy They Call Me" written?

3. What is Lady Day said to have always been in paragraph 4?

4. What does the speaker say some people would do to a dog like Pepi "just for something to do" (para. 6)?

5. Why does the subject say she does not sing the song with lyrics "Take back your mink, take back your pearls" (para. 1)?

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