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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 do people love to talk about in reference to Lady Day's singing?
(a) Her timbre.
(b) Her range.
(c) Her phrasing.
(d) Her falsetto.

2. What does Lady Day no longer wear in her hair that Billie used to?
(a) Lillies.
(b) Gardenias.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Chrysanthemum.

3. What other female singers of the time are referenced in paragraph 10?
(a) Ella and Sarah.
(b) Nina and Simone.
(c) Rita and Sue.
(d) Eileen and Margo.

4. What does paragraph 5 imply about Lady Day's relationship with certain women?
(a) They were lovers.
(b) They were childhood friends.
(c) They only associated with her because she was famous.
(d) She had had affairs with their husbands.

5. What are the people who offer to walk Lady Day to the club worried might happen if they do not?
(a) She will get lost.
(b) She will skip the show.
(c) She will get mugged.
(d) She might be late.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is referred to as "that wild girl" in paragraph 5?

3. What does the singer sometimes feel directs her singing according to paragraph 11?

4. In paragraph 11, it is said that Lady Day's abilities are better than which two American composers?

5. What is Lady Day said to have always been in paragraph 4?

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