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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The speaker describes "sweet, clueless bobby-soxers" (para. 2) telling Lady Day they loved seeing her play in which concert hall?
(a) The State Theater.
(b) Symphony Hall.
(c) NYC Music Hall.
(d) Carnegie Hall.

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

6. What does Lady Day do on the advice of her friends?
(a) She moves to the country.
(b) She finds a husband.
(c) She gets a dog.
(d) She stops performing.

7. In what way is Lady Day's life different from most other women according to paragraph 3?
(a) She is wealthy.
(b) She is depressed.
(c) She is unattached.
(d) She is famous.

8. What will Lady Day's friends do to support her when someone breaks her heart?
(a) Take her shopping.
(b) Bring cigarettes and alcohol.
(c) Watch rom-coms with her.
(d) Make her dinner.

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

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

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

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

13. In paragraph 3, how does Lady Day feel about "that world" other women live that she has visited on occasion?
(a) She thinks it is pathetic.
(b) She envies it.
(c) It is not home.
(d) It is home.

14. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she can be for her in paragraph 2?
(a) Her manager.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her confidant.
(d) Her mother.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?

2. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she always looks like to her?

3. From what point of view is "Crazy They Call Me" written?

4. Who is the author of "Crazy They Call Me"?

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

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