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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will Lady Day's friends quote while trying to comfort her after a brake-up?
(a) Miss Hayworth.
(b) Miss Hepburn.
(c) Miss Crawford.
(d) Miss Davis.

2. What does Lady Day do on the advice of her friends?
(a) She gets a dog.
(b) She moves to the country.
(c) She finds a husband.
(d) She stops performing.

3. In paragraph two, in what city is Lady Day performing?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Newark.
(d) Manhattan.

4. How is the "little gang" (para. 4) of Lady Day's friends described?
(a) Sycophants.
(b) Dear boys.
(c) Star struck women.
(d) Groupies.

5. From what point of view is "Crazy They Call Me" written?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Second.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lady Day said to have always been in paragraph 4?

2. In paragraph 3, how does Lady Day feel about "that world" other women live that she has visited on occasion?

3. Who is Lady Day said to be "wary" (para. 3) of in paragraph 3 of "Crazy They Call Me"?

4. What is Lady Day said to give away at the end of paragraph 2?

5. What does paragraph 3 imply that most other women have waiting for them at home, which Lady Day does not?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of girl does the speaker suggest can sing the song "take back your mink, take back your pearls" (para. 1)?

2. Who is Eleanor Fagan and how is she described?

3. What does Lady Day do when "clueless bobby-soxers" (para. 2) tell her they loved her Carnegie Hall performance?

4. What term is used to describe the singer's relationship with men at the start of paragraph 4?

5. What does Lady Day do per the advice of her friends after a break-up in paragraph 4?

6. In what ways is the famous singer's life described as different from most women in paragraph 3?

7. How is the singer's relationship with women who live very different lives described in paragraph 3?

8. Who are the singer's "best girlfriends" as described in paragraph 4?

9. What is Lady Day doing in Newark in paragraph 2?

10. How does Lady Day dress according to the first paragraph?

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