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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 might be late.
(c) She will get mugged.
(d) She will skip the show.

2. What do audiences seek in Lady Day's face, according to paragraph 9?
(a) Her wisdom.
(b) Her sadness.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her soul.

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

4. Paragraph 9 ends by saying Lady Day paints her face as a form of what?
(a) Self care.
(b) Pretending.
(c) Protection.
(d) Self destruction.

5. Where is Lady Day said to be "not afraid to look for love" in paragraph 5?
(a) All kinds of places.
(b) In the bar after closing.
(c) At the bottom of a highball.
(d) All the wrong places.

6. Who is said to be "too good for this world" at the end of paragraph 6?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Singers.

7. How did someone describe Lady Day's face after she "got skinny" according to paragraph 9?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) Skeletal.
(c) Egyptian Death Mask.
(d) Emaciated.

8. What does the speaker say Lady Day will do after opening her vanity case at the start of paragraph 6?
(a) Boogie woogie.
(b) Swoon and croon.
(c) Take a trip on the light fantastic.
(d) Shake, rattle, and roll.

9. Who is referred to as "that wild girl" in paragraph 5?
(a) Lolita.
(b) Tallulah.
(c) Tilly.
(d) Lolah.

10. In paragraph 7, what are some things the speaker says people are always telling babies?
(a) What to do, think, say and eat.
(b) When to sleep and how to act.
(c) Where to go and who to interact with.
(d) Who to love and who to hate.

11. Who waits for Lady Day downstairs at the start of paragraph 8?
(a) Fans.
(b) Business-minded fellows.
(c) Family.
(d) Boyfriends.

12. Paragraph 7 starts by saying that Lady Day can be the most wonderful what "when the mood takes" her?
(a) Mother, sister, wife.
(b) Lover, housekeeper, and dog-mom.
(c) Aunt, godmother, and nursemaid.
(d) Singer, songwriter, performer.

13. What does Lady Day call the men who offer to walk her to the club in paragraph 8?
(a) Chaperons.
(b) Dear boys.
(c) Sycophants.
(d) Men-in-waiting.

14. What are all the people waiting downstairs for Lady Day "involved in" according to paragraph 8?
(a) Her repertoire.
(b) Her personal life.
(c) Her image.
(d) Her bills.

15. What does the speaker say some people would do to a dog like Pepi "just for something to do" (para. 6)?
(a) Kick her.
(b) Steal her.
(c) Scold her.
(d) Pet her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of alcoholic beverage does Lady Day's "dear boys" make her?

2. At which point does Lady Day think "all is forgiven" (para. 8) during a show?

3. What does paragraph 5 imply about Lady Day's relationship with certain women?

4. What does the speaker mean in paragraph 5 when she says, "There was no way to be in the world like that, not back then"?

5. What does the speaker say Lady Day and her dog Pepi are?

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