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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the subject say she does not sing the song with lyrics "Take back your mink, take back your pearls" (para. 1)?
(a) It was written for another singer.
(b) She does not know they lyrics.
(c) It is not in her key.
(d) She did not write it.

2. What is Lady Day said to wear even while boiling an egg?
(a) Lipstick and diamonds.
(b) Twinset and pearls.
(c) Perfume and fur.
(d) Terylene and gold.

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

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

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

6. Who is the author of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Zadie Smith.
(b) Katie Smith.
(c) Bailey Smith.
(d) Ali Smith.

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

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

9. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day performing?
(a) Newark.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Chicago.

10. In addition to there being "no more Eleanor" (para. 1), who does the narrator say is also gone?
(a) Lady Day.
(b) Ellie Day.
(c) Miss Fagan.
(d) Billie.

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

12. 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 pajamas and slippers.
(c) Her ill-fitting hand-me-downs.
(d) Her tattered stockings.

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

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

15. Lady Day is said to be able to stay out all night, even though what might happen?
(a) She might get a sock to the jaw.
(b) She might miss a performance.
(c) She might perform poorly the next day.
(d) She might have her contract cancelled.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does paragraph 3 imply that most other women have waiting for them at home, which Lady Day does not?

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

5. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day no longer able to play?

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