RENT PARTY JAZZ

Rent Party Jazz is a...

• narrative

• poem

• informational text

• historical fiction

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Every morning, as the sun was coming up, Sonny went to

• work for the coal man

• school

• have breakfast

• the club

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This story takes place in ..

• France

• The French Quarter

• New Jersey

• New York

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Why was mama crying?

• She had been let go of her job

• She had a stomachache

• She had lost money

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If they missed paying the rent by just one day,

• the mom could work for the rent man.

• the rent man would wait for the mom to get a new job.

• the rent man would change the locks and sell off their belongings at a public auction.

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Everybody in New Orleans knew about Smilin’ Jack because

• he had won a Grammy Award.

• he appeared on TV

• he had played his horn all around the country.

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Smilin’ Jack’s music was too good

• to ignore.

• to play.

• to hear.

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“All the neighbors got together and threw themselves a rent party,”

• mama said

• Smiling Jack said

• Sonny said

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Sonny knocked on all the neighbors’ doors,

• told them about the party and asked them to bring whatever food they could spare.

• told them to help him find a new job to pay the rent.

• told them his mom was looking for a new job.

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Before Mama could say another word, Smilin’ Jack pulled the bucket toward him, raised his trumpet, and started blowing one of Sonny’s favorite songs, “Bourbon Street Rag.”

• True

• False

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