View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Lady Day's friends do to support her when someone breaks her heart?
(a) Take her shopping.
(b) Watch rom-coms with her.
(c) Make her dinner.
(d) Bring cigarettes and alcohol.

2. Who is Lady Day said to be "wary" (para. 3) of in paragraph 3 of "Crazy They Call Me"?
(a) Men.
(b) Managers.
(c) Agents.
(d) Women.

3. Where does Lady Day keep her cigarrettes?
(a) In a diamond encrusted cigarette box.
(b) In the pack they came in.
(c) In a pearl-encrusted cigarette box.
(d) In a sterling silber cigarette box.

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

5. What does paragraph 3 imply that most other women have waiting for them at home, which Lady Day does not?
(a) A parent.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the "little gang" (para. 4) of Lady Day's friends described?

3. In paragraph 3, who does Lady Day drink with until morning after a show?

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

5. Who will Lady Day's friends quote while trying to comfort her after a brake-up?

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. Who is Eleanor Fagan and how is she described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 629 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample