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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. In paragraph 3, how does Lady Day feel about "that world" other women live that she has visited on occasion?
(a) It is not home.
(b) She thinks it is pathetic.
(c) She envies it.
(d) It is home.

2. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she always looks like to her?
(a) A disgrace.
(b) A lady.
(c) A shell of herself.
(d) A doll.

3. What does the story's subject always wear, according to paragraph 1 in "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Her gold earrings.
(b) Her leather.
(c) Her fur.
(d) Her silk.

4. The subject says she does not have the luxury like some women do to have a cop smile at her even while wearing what?
(a) Her oldest Terylene housedress.
(b) Her tattered stockings.
(c) Her ill-fitting hand-me-downs.
(d) Her pajamas and slippers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Italian landlady tell Lady Day she can be for her in paragraph 2?

2. Who is the author of "Crazy They Call Me"?

3. In addition to there being "no more Eleanor" (para. 1), who does the narrator say is also gone?

4. What word in the first paragraph indicates that the subject of the story is a performer?

5. Lady Day is said to be able to stay out all night, even though what might happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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