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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the people who offer to walk Lady Day to the club worried might happen if they do not?

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

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

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