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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The subject says she does not have the luxury like some women do to have a cop smile at her even while wearing what?
(a) Her pajamas and slippers.
(b) Her tattered stockings.
(c) Her ill-fitting hand-me-downs.
(d) Her oldest Terylene housedress.

2. In paragraph 3, how does Lady Day feel about "that world" other women live that she has visited on occasion?
(a) She thinks it is pathetic.
(b) It is home.
(c) She envies it.
(d) It is not home.

3. In what way is Lady Day's life different from most other women according to paragraph 3?
(a) She is unattached.
(b) She is wealthy.
(c) She is famous.
(d) She is depressed.

4. Who is the author of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Katie Smith.
(b) Ali Smith.
(c) Bailey Smith.
(d) Zadie Smith.

5. What does paragraph 4 say about Lady Day's best girlfriends?
(a) They are men.
(b) They are her source of strength.
(c) They use her.
(d) They are loyal.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In addition to there being "no more Eleanor" (para. 1), who does the narrator say is also gone?

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

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

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