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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 was the singer once arrested for, according to the final paragraph in "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Selling drugs.
(b) Stealing from a corner store.
(c) Fraternizing with a white man.
(d) Drinking and driving.

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

3. 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) I FEEL music.
(b) Neither can you.
(c) I don't need to read music to be music.
(d) I AM music.

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

5. What word does the speaker use to describe Lady Day's hair and make-up in paragraph 9?
(a) Armor.
(b) Fake.
(c) Shield.
(d) Facade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did someone describe Lady Day's face after she "got skinny" according to paragraph 9?

2. What will Lady Day's friends do to support her when someone breaks her heart?

3. How is the "little girl" (para. 1) the subject does not want to be mistaken for described in paragraph 1?

4. Why do dogs remind Lady Day of herself?

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

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