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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Pepi do to bring Lady Day back to life after others had failed?
(a) She barked in her ear.
(b) She licked her eye socket.
(c) She nibbled her toes.
(d) She bit her wrist.

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

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

5. 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 skip the show.
(c) She will get lost.
(d) She will get mugged.

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

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

8. 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) Mother, sister, wife.
(c) Singer, songwriter, performer.
(d) Lover, housekeeper, and dog-mom.

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

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

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

12. What word does the speaker use to describe Lady Day's hair and make-up in paragraph 9?
(a) Armor.
(b) Fake.
(c) Facade.
(d) Shield.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why do dogs remind Lady Day of herself?

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

5. What is Lady Day's little dog's name?

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