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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 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.

2. 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) It is not in her key.
(c) She did not write it.
(d) She does not know they lyrics.

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

4. In paragraph 3, how does Lady Day feel about "that world" other women live that she has visited on occasion?
(a) She thinks it is pathetic.
(b) She envies it.
(c) It is not home.
(d) It is home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The subject says she does not have the luxury like some women do to have a cop smile at her even while wearing what?

2. Who does the speaker say can be "crazier than a box of frogs" in paragraphs 5 of "Crazy They Call Me"?

3. What does Lady Day do on the advice of her friends?

4. What did Pepi do to bring Lady Day back to life after others had failed?

5. What do audiences seek in Lady Day's face, according to paragraph 9?

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