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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 does Lady Day "throw...before swine" in paragraph 10?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Dust.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Furs.

2. In paragraph 11, it is said that Lady Day's abilities are better than which two American composers?
(a) Porter and Gershwin.
(b) Berlin and Bernstein.
(c) Copland and Porter.
(d) Rodgers and Hammerstein.

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

4. Who is Lady Day said to be "wary" (para. 3) of in paragraph 3 of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Men.
(b) Agents.
(c) Managers.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Paragraph 7 says that Lady Day would stay longer if only she did not have to do what?

2. What types of "dull questions" do people want to know about the singer according to the final paragraph?

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

4. What does the speaker say some people would do to a dog like Pepi "just for something to do" (para. 6)?

5. What did the singer wish she said to an interviewer from the Daily News who once asked about how she does not read music?

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