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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 feeling comes over the singer when she hears these other famous singers according to paragraph 10?
(a) Calm.
(b) Warmth.
(c) A chill.
(d) Sadness.

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

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

4. What does the speaker say people are in paragraph 10 after describing audience members?
(a) Useless.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Saints.
(d) Idiots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other female singers of the time are referenced in paragraph 10?

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

3. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day performing?

4. Who is Lady Day said to be "wary" (para. 3) of in paragraph 3 of "Crazy They Call Me"?

5. Who is said to be "too good for this world" at the end of paragraph 6?

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