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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait do dogs and Lady Day share that the speaker refers to as "a big risk" (para. 6)?
(a) They bark at strangers.
(b) They lie and cheat.
(c) They trust strangers easily.
(d) They are wide open to the world.

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

3. What is Lady Day's little dog's name?
(a) Pearl.
(b) Levi.
(c) Pippie.
(d) Pepi.

4. Why do dogs remind Lady Day of herself?
(a) They sleep during the day.
(b) They love to run.
(c) They give everything they have.
(d) They cheat and lie.

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

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

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

8. What phrase is used to describe Lady Day's near death experience in paragraph 6?
(a) Flying to the great white light.
(b) Hanging off the pearly gates.
(c) Hand and hand with God.
(d) Floating toward the heavens.

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

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

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

12. 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) All the wrong places.
(d) At the bottom of a highball.

13. Paragraph 7 says that Lady Day would stay longer if only she did not have to do what?
(a) Pay her bills.
(b) Cook dinner.
(c) Clean her house.
(d) Go on dates.

14. What are the people who offer to walk Lady Day to the club worried might happen if they do not?
(a) She might be late.
(b) She will get lost.
(c) She will skip the show.
(d) She will get mugged.

15. What does paragraph 5 imply about Lady Day's relationship with certain women?
(a) They were childhood friends.
(b) They were lovers.
(c) She had had affairs with their husbands.
(d) They only associated with her because she was famous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do audiences seek in Lady Day's face, according to paragraph 9?

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

3. What does Lady Day no longer wear in her hair that Billie used to?

4. What does Lady Day call the men who offer to walk her to the club in paragraph 8?

5. Who waits for Lady Day downstairs at the start of paragraph 8?

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