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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lady Day is said to be able to stay out all night, even though what might happen?
(a) She might have her contract cancelled.
(b) She might perform poorly the next day.
(c) She might miss a performance.
(d) She might get a sock to the jaw.

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

4. What word in the first paragraph indicates that the subject of the story is a performer?
(a) Microphone.
(b) Audience.
(c) Stage.
(d) Playbill.

5. What is Lady Day said to have always been in paragraph 4?
(a) A man's lady.
(b) A performer at heart.
(c) An elegant woman.
(d) A loner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does paragraph 4 say about Lady Day's best girlfriends?

2. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she can be for her in paragraph 2?

3. What is Lady Day said to wear "nice and thick" (para. 1) on her wrist?

4. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?

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

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