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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. What are the people who offer to walk Lady Day to the club worried might happen if they do not?
(a) She will get mugged.
(b) She might be late.
(c) She will skip the show.
(d) She will get lost.

2. Where is Lady Day said to be "not afraid to look for love" in paragraph 5?
(a) In the bar after closing.
(b) All the wrong places.
(c) All kinds of places.
(d) At the bottom of a highball.

3. Who waits for Lady Day downstairs at the start of paragraph 8?
(a) Family.
(b) Fans.
(c) Boyfriends.
(d) Business-minded fellows.

4. What does Lady Day call the men who offer to walk her to the club in paragraph 8?
(a) Sycophants.
(b) Dear boys.
(c) Men-in-waiting.
(d) Chaperons.

5. What can Lady Day do when she sees a baby according to paragraph 7?
(a) Make it cry.
(b) Make it smile from across the room.
(c) Soothe it with her voice.
(d) Sing it to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is referred to as "that wild girl" in paragraph 5?

2. What phrase is used to describe Lady Day's near death experience in paragraph 6?

3. 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"?

4. What does the speaker say Lady Day will do after opening her vanity case at the start of paragraph 6?

5. Who does the speaker say can be "crazier than a box of frogs" in paragraphs 5 of "Crazy They Call Me"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Paragraph 7 says that most would not guess that Lady Day was what?

2. In what ways does the speaker compare Lady Day to her dog Pepi?

3. Who are the "business-minded fellows" waiting for Lady Day in paragraph 8 and why are they there?

4. Why do you think Lady Day's relationships with other women did not last?

5. In what ways does the speaker excuse the singer even if she is late for a performance in paragraph 8?

6. How is the makeup and hair Lady Day wears described in paragraph 9? What is it meant to do?

7. Who do you think Tallulah is and how is she described in paragraph 5?

8. According to paragraph 9, what feedback did the singer receive after losing weight?

9. How is Lady Day's relationship with babies described in paragraph 7?

10. What situation is described in paragraph 6 that involved Pepi being the only thing would could save Lady Day?

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