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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. Why do dogs remind Lady Day of herself?
(a) They give everything they have.
(b) They cheat and lie.
(c) They sleep during the day.
(d) They love to run.

2. What does the speaker say some people would do to a dog like Pepi "just for something to do" (para. 6)?
(a) Kick her.
(b) Steal her.
(c) Pet her.
(d) Scold her.

3. What does paragraph 5 imply about Lady Day's relationship with certain women?
(a) They were childhood friends.
(b) They only associated with her because she was famous.
(c) They were lovers.
(d) She had had affairs with their husbands.

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

5. What trait do dogs and Lady Day share that the speaker refers to as "a big risk" (para. 6)?
(a) They are wide open to the world.
(b) They lie and cheat.
(c) They trust strangers easily.
(d) They bark at strangers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Day call the men who offer to walk her to the club in paragraph 8?

2. Paragraph 7 starts by saying that Lady Day can be the most wonderful what "when the mood takes" her?

3. What does the speaker say Lady Day and her dog Pepi are?

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

5. Paragraph 7 says that Lady Day would stay longer if only she did not have to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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