Jazz Jive Jam

Jazz Jive Jam

6th - 7th Grade

10 Qs

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Jazz Jive Jam

Jazz Jive Jam

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What instrument does Lina play?
a.  the saxophone
b.  the trumpet
c.  the piano
d.  the drums

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Throughout the story, Lina asks her parents lots of questions about jazz music.  What motivates Lina's questions?
a.  Lina wants to learn something new.
b.  Lina is preparing for a music history test.
c.  Lina's homework is to interview her parents.
d.  Lina needs help with her piano homework.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Lina is anxious to learn a different type of music. What evidence from the passage best supports this conclusion?
a.  "Old and crinkled sheet music sat in front of her, the black notes blankly staring at her.  She stared at them for so long, her vision started to blur."
b.  "She loved the piano; she always had, ever since she starting playing at the age of six. But something was beginning to bother her."
c.  "Lina had been working on this piece for the past week, trying to master the tricky rhythm and memorize the movements required by her long fingers."
d.  "They were all classical music pieces, and even though Lina loved them, she was itching to try something new."?

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What conclusion can be made about Lina's family and their relationship to jazz?
a.  Lina is the first person in her family to be interested in jazz.
b.  Jazz has been important to many people in Lina's family.
c.  Lina's family used to like jazz, but now they think it is too popular.
d.  Lina is the only person in her family who doesn't like jazz.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is this story mostly about?
a.  Lina learns about jazz and her family's ties to the music.
b.  Lina is tired of playing the piano and wants to learn something new.
c.  Lina learns how to play jazz piano and improvise new melodies.
d.  Lina discovers that both of her parents enjoy jazz music.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Read the following sentences:  "Lina thought about improvising.  She could hardly imagine just siting down at the piano and playing anything that came to her mind, just piecing together notes in a way that would captivate her listeners.  She remained silent for a while, concentrating hard on what she could possibly play off the top of her head."
a.  performing from sheet music
b.  making something better
c.  inventing new music while performing
c.  playing music for an audience

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choosing the answer that best completes the sentence below.  _________, swing music was played in African-American communities before it became popular in ballrooms across America.
a.  However
b.  Finally
c.  Obviously
d.  Initially

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