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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker say each room must be turned into in order to accommodate the song discussed in paragraph 10?
(a) An auditorium.
(b) A dance party.
(c) A church.
(d) A schoolhouse.

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

3. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day no longer able to play?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

4. What trait do dogs and Lady Day share that the speaker refers to as "a big risk" (para. 6)?
(a) They trust strangers easily.
(b) They are wide open to the world.
(c) They lie and cheat.
(d) They bark at strangers.

5. What does Lady Day do on the advice of her friends?
(a) She stops performing.
(b) She gets a dog.
(c) She moves to the country.
(d) She finds a husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Crazy They Call Me"?

2. The song that Lady Day sometimes sings if she feels the audience deserves it said to be about what in paragraph 10?

3. The speakers says that Lady Day knows a voice has the same thing to do as what instruments?

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

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

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