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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the subject say she does not sing the song with lyrics "Take back your mink, take back your pearls" (para. 1)?
(a) She did not write it.
(b) It is not in her key.
(c) It was written for another singer.
(d) She does not know they lyrics.

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

3. What will Lady Day's friends do to support her when someone breaks her heart?
(a) Bring cigarettes and alcohol.
(b) Take her shopping.
(c) Watch rom-coms with her.
(d) Make her dinner.

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

5. What do audiences seek in Lady Day's face, according to paragraph 9?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her sadness.
(c) Her wisdom.
(d) Her soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Day do on the advice of her friends?

2. What does Lady Day call the men who offer to walk her to the club in paragraph 8?

3. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she always looks like to her?

4. Paragraph 7 starts by saying that Lady Day can be the most wonderful what "when the mood takes" her?

5. 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"?

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