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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Lady Day said to wear even while boiling an egg?
(a) Twinset and pearls.
(b) Lipstick and diamonds.
(c) Terylene and gold.
(d) Perfume and fur.

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

4. In paragraph 7, what are some things the speaker says people are always telling babies?
(a) Where to go and who to interact with.
(b) Who to love and who to hate.
(c) When to sleep and how to act.
(d) What to do, think, say and eat.

5. What will Lady Day's friends do to support her when someone breaks her heart?
(a) Bring cigarettes and alcohol.
(b) Watch rom-coms with her.
(c) Make her dinner.
(d) Take her shopping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who waits for Lady Day downstairs at the start of paragraph 8?

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

3. From what point of view is "Crazy They Call Me" written?

4. 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"?

5. What are the people who offer to walk Lady Day to the club worried might happen if they do not?

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