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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 the speaker say people are in paragraph 10 after describing audience members?
(a) Saints.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Annoying.
(d) Useless.

2. The subject says she does not have the luxury like some women do to have a cop smile at her even while wearing what?
(a) Her oldest Terylene housedress.
(b) Her ill-fitting hand-me-downs.
(c) Her tattered stockings.
(d) Her pajamas and slippers.

3. What does the singer sometimes feel directs her singing according to paragraph 11?
(a) Her past sorrows.
(b) Her heart.
(c) God.
(d) Her ancestors.

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

5. What other musicians might "more serious" (para. 12) people ask the singer about?
(a) Porter and Gerswhin.
(b) Fitzgerald and Vaughn.
(c) Armstrong, Lester, and Basie.
(d) Smith and Simone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the speaker use to describe Lady Day's hair and make-up in paragraph 9?

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

3. In what way is Lady Day's life different from most other women according to paragraph 3?

4. What happened to the big dog Lady Day used to have?

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"?

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