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Closer Reading Answer in your notebook . 1 Put the following events in the correct order and get a summary of this part of the story . Add connecting sentences where necessary . Mrs . Smith listened to the girl read her poems . The girl said she didn't have money to buy records . The music lady called the girl over to her . Mrs . Smith played her a record with music and story . The music lady welcomed the girl to the store . Mrs . Smith told the girl that she could listen to music in a listening booth . Begin your summary with the following sentence : The narrator often went to the music store , but this visit was different . 2 How did the narrator feel when Mrs . Smith , the music lady , first approached her ? What made her feelings quickly change ? ( paragraph 4 ) 3 What was the " something wonderful" that Mrs . Smith came back with ? What was wonderful about it ? ( paragraph 4 ) 4 Why do you think Mrs . Smith treated the narrator so kindly ? Why did this surprise the narrator ? 5 In paragraph 5 , the narrator states that grownups "often forget their heart secrets . " What does she mean by "heart secrets" ? 6 How did Mrs . Smith make the narrator feel about her poetry ? ( paragraph 6 ) 7 What does the narrator associate with each musical style or musician mentioned in the first two parts of the story ? What does this tell us about the development of her identity ? - ח . . . ^___ _ Example : tribal music — her father ; Native American roots 8 Find three examples in the first two parts of the story where skin color is mentioned . Why is this important to the narrator ? The following musical styles and / or musicians are mentioned in the story : ? Native American ( tribal ) ? White American ( Big Band ) ? African-American ( Billie Holiday and Scott Joplin ) ? European ( Beethoven and Haydn ) A listening station today — very different from the listening booths of the past Phonograph and vinyl records — symbols of the music store of the past
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