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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paragraph 7 says that Lady Day would stay longer if only she did not have to do what?
(a) Go on dates.
(b) Clean her house.
(c) Cook dinner.
(d) Pay her bills.

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

3. Who is said to be "too good for this world" at the end of paragraph 6?
(a) Singers.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

4. How is the "little girl" (para. 1) the subject does not want to be mistaken for described in paragraph 1?
(a) Shattered and lonely.
(b) Lost and confused.
(c) Arrogant and materialistic.
(d) Broken and misused.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Lady Day's friends do to support her when someone breaks her heart?

2. What does the speaker say Lady Day will do after opening her vanity case at the start of paragraph 6?

3. How is the "little gang" (para. 4) of Lady Day's friends described?

4. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?

5. What does the speaker mean in paragraph 5 when she says, "There was no way to be in the world like that, not back then"?

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