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

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

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

4. At which point does Lady Day think "all is forgiven" (para. 8) during a show?
(a) When people who complain get to meet her backstage.
(b) As soon as she starts to sing.
(c) When the audience gets their money back.
(d) When the audience thinks she has performed well.

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

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

7. What does the speaker say Lady Day and her dog Pepi are?
(a) Soul mates.
(b) Arch enemies.
(c) Best friends.
(d) Perfect strangers.

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

9. What can Lady Day do when she sees a baby according to paragraph 7?
(a) Sing it to sleep.
(b) Make it cry.
(c) Soothe it with her voice.
(d) Make it smile from across the room.

10. 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"?
(a) Being openly gay was not accepted at that time.
(b) People disliked independent Black women.
(c) Interracial relationships were illegal.
(d) Being a single parent was seen as disgraceful.

11. What happened to the big dog Lady Day used to have?
(a) She gave her to an ex-lover.
(b) She gave her to a fan.
(c) She died.
(d) She ran away.

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

13. What type of alcoholic beverage does Lady Day's "dear boys" make her?
(a) Manhattans.
(b) Highballs.
(c) Martinis.
(d) Gin and tonics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do dogs remind Lady Day of herself?

2. Paragraph 7 says that Lady Day would stay longer if only she did not have to do what?

3. What word does the speaker use to describe Lady Day's hair and make-up in paragraph 9?

4. What does the speaker say Lady Day will do after opening her vanity case at the start of paragraph 6?

5. Who does the speaker say can be "crazier than a box of frogs" in paragraphs 5 of "Crazy They Call Me"?

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