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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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) Shake, rattle, and roll.
(c) Swoon and croon.
(d) Boogie woogie.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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) Sing it to sleep.
(d) Soothe it with her voice.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait do dogs and Lady Day share that the speaker refers to as "a big risk" (para. 6)?

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

3. Paragraph 7 starts by saying that Lady Day can be the most wonderful what "when the mood takes" her?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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