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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is referred to as "that wild girl" in paragraph 5?
(a) Tilly.
(b) Lolita.
(c) Tallulah.
(d) Lolah.

2. What song does the speaker say not everyone is going to "get" in paragraph 10?
(a) Summertime.
(b) God Bless the Child.
(c) Fine and Mellow.
(d) Strange Fruit.

3. What two words have been used to describe Lady Day when she sings the song discussed in paragraph 10?
(a) Desperate and pleading.
(b) Punishing and relentless.
(c) Chilling and unforgiving.
(d) Joyful and forgiving.

4. What did the singer wish she said to an interviewer from the Daily News who once asked about how she does not read music?
(a) Neither can you.
(b) I FEEL music.
(c) I AM music.
(d) I don't need to read music to be music.

5. Who will Lady Day's friends quote while trying to comfort her after a brake-up?
(a) Miss Hepburn.
(b) Miss Davis.
(c) Miss Hayworth.
(d) Miss Crawford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other female singers of the time are referenced in paragraph 10?

2. What does the speaker say each room must be turned into in order to accommodate the song discussed in paragraph 10?

3. What feeling comes over the singer when she hears these other famous singers according to paragraph 10?

4. Who is said to be "too good for this world" at the end of paragraph 6?

5. What do people love to talk about in reference to Lady Day's singing?

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