Guitar

What did Fausto want for Christmas?

• Money

• A home

• Guitar

• A trumpet

What encouraged Fausto to want a guitar?

• He sister had one

• He saw the group Los Lobos

• He always wanted to play guitar

• American Bandstand

Does Fausto ever end up getting a guitar?

• Yes, he gets a guitar

• No, he never got a guitar

• Yes, but it's called a bass Guitarron

What is Mary Amato’s purpose for writing Guitar Notes?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

What style of guitar playing is Doc Watson well known for?

• Strumming

• Fingerstyle

• Flat-picking

• Slide guitar

What was a symbol of Tripp’s best memory with his dad?

• A guitar string

• A guitar pick

• A cello

What is the meaning of Tripp’s term, thrumming?

• To feel the music flow though his soul as he plays guitar

• To feel the music flow though his mind as he plays guitar

• To tap a beat on a surface as he plays his guitar

Use your knowledge of the plot of Guitar Notes. Which is a song that Tripp and Lyla wrote together:

• “A Little Room to Play”

• “Mr. Odd”

• “The Pomegranate Waltz”

The climax of a novel is the story’s turning point or the most exciting part in the plot, nearing the end of the novel. What would be the climax of Guitar Notes?

• Tripp and Lyla play their music at a wedding.

• Lyla’s dad tells Tripp that his friendship with Lyla is over.

• Lyla misses an audition because she is in a car crash.

Read the following sentences about the setting of Guitar Notes. Which does NOT fit the time or place of the story?

• The majority of the action occurs in Rockland School, a fictional high school.

• The story begins in Tripp and Lyla’s freshman year and ends in their senior year of high school.

• The story takes place in modern day near Washington D.C.