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

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

3. Why does the subject say she does not sing the song with lyrics "Take back your mink, take back your pearls" (para. 1)?
(a) She does not know they lyrics.
(b) It was written for another singer.
(c) She did not write it.
(d) It is not in her key.

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

5. 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 pajamas and slippers.
(c) Her tattered stockings.
(d) Her ill-fitting hand-me-downs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lady Day said to wear even while boiling an egg?

2. Who does the story's subject not wish to be mistaken for at the start of "Crazy They Call Me"?

3. In what way is Lady Day's life different from most other women according to paragraph 3?

4. What does paragraph 4 say about Lady Day's best girlfriends?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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