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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 10 - 12 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the speaker describe what it is like to stand on stage at the start of paragraph 10?
(a) It is constant humiliation.
(b) It is like eating your own heart out.
(c) It is like being a god.
(d) It is like giving your all.

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

3. What word is repeated to describe what happens when the singer phrases in a way she has never done or heard before?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Perfection.
(c) Pure.
(d) Holy.

4. Paragraph 10 describes how people shout song requests to the singer as if she is what?
(a) A record.
(b) A jukebox.
(c) A robot.
(d) A stooge.

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"?
(a) People disliked independent Black women.
(b) Interracial relationships were illegal.
(c) Being a single parent was seen as disgraceful.
(d) Being openly gay was not accepted at that time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all the people waiting downstairs for Lady Day "involved in" according to paragraph 8?

2. What can Lady Day do when she sees a baby according to paragraph 7?

3. Lady Day is said to be able to stay out all night, even though what might happen?

4. Who is Lady Day said to be "wary" (para. 3) of in paragraph 3 of "Crazy They Call Me"?

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

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