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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 tattered stockings.
(b) Her pajamas and slippers.
(c) Her oldest Terylene housedress.
(d) Her ill-fitting hand-me-downs.

2. What does paragraph 4 say about Lady Day's best girlfriends?
(a) They are her source of strength.
(b) They are men.
(c) They are loyal.
(d) They use her.

3. How is the "little gang" (para. 4) of Lady Day's friends described?
(a) Star struck women.
(b) Groupies.
(c) Dear boys.
(d) Sycophants.

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

5. What does the story's subject always wear, according to paragraph 1 in "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Her gold earrings.
(b) Her leather.
(c) Her fur.
(d) Her silk.

6. What does paragraph 3 imply that most other women have waiting for them at home, which Lady Day does not?
(a) A parent.
(b) A cat.
(c) A baby.
(d) A dog.

7. Who does the story's subject not wish to be mistaken for at the start of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Lady Day.
(b) Billie Holiday.
(c) Eleanora Fagan.
(d) Ella Fitzgerald.

8. From what point of view is "Crazy They Call Me" written?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Second.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

9. What is Lady Day said to wear "nice and thick" (para. 1) on her wrist?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Platinum.

10. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she always looks like to her?
(a) A lady.
(b) A shell of herself.
(c) A doll.
(d) A disgrace.

11. In paragraph 3, who does Lady Day drink with until morning after a show?
(a) The clarinet player.
(b) The drummer.
(c) Her manager.
(d) Her best girlfriend.

12. What is Lady Day said to have always been in paragraph 4?
(a) A performer at heart.
(b) A loner.
(c) A man's lady.
(d) An elegant woman.

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

14. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?
(a) In a diamond encrusted cigarette box.
(b) In a pearl-encrusted cigarette box.
(c) In a sterling silber cigarette box.
(d) In the pack they came in.

15. What is Lady Day said to give away at the end of paragraph 2?
(a) Clothing, houses, cars.
(b) Make-up, money, drinks, laughs.
(c) Minks, diamonds, pearls, and gold.
(d) Love, music, money, smokes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In paragraph 3, how does Lady Day feel about "that world" other women live that she has visited on occasion?

3. What word in the first paragraph indicates that the subject of the story is a performer?

4. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day performing?

5. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she can be for her in paragraph 2?

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