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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lady Day said to wear "nice and thick" (para. 1) on her wrist?
(a) Silver.
(b) Platinum.
(c) Gold.
(d) Diamonds.

2. What does the speaker say some people would do to a dog like Pepi "just for something to do" (para. 6)?
(a) Pet her.
(b) Scold her.
(c) Steal her.
(d) Kick her.

3. How did someone describe Lady Day's face after she "got skinny" according to paragraph 9?
(a) Egyptian Death Mask.
(b) Gaunt.
(c) Skeletal.
(d) Emaciated.

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

5. What is Lady Day said to give away at the end of paragraph 2?
(a) Clothing, houses, cars.
(b) Minks, diamonds, pearls, and gold.
(c) Make-up, money, drinks, laughs.
(d) Love, music, money, smokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?

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

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

4. Paragraph 7 says that Lady Day would stay longer if only she did not have to do what?

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

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