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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 home.
(d) It is not home.

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

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

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

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

9. How is the "little girl" (para. 1) the subject does not want to be mistaken for described in paragraph 1?
(a) Shattered and lonely.
(b) Lost and confused.
(c) Arrogant and materialistic.
(d) Broken and misused.

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

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

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

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) Men.
(d) Managers.

14. 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 is not in her key.
(b) It was written for another singer.
(c) She does not know they lyrics.
(d) She did not write it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Day do on the advice of her friends?

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

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

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

5. Lady Day is said to be able to stay out all night, even though what might happen?

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