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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12: Got the Name, Will Play the Game, What a Difference a Hit Makes, Hard Times.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Gladys NOT, during the time Anita was growing up?
(a) A happy person.
(b) A demonstrative person.
(c) A loving mom.
(d) A giving person.

2. What did Anita's idol use to convey the messages of her songs?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her facial expressions.
(c) Her body movement.
(d) Audience members.

3. How old is Anita during Chapter 2?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 12 years old.
(c) 13 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

4. What did Gladys have to do to support herself and her daughter?
(a) Make Anita perform for money.
(b) Go to work.
(c) Sell her paintings.
(d) Worked in a night club.

5. What was a business that took advantage of drunk conventioneers called?
(a) Juke joints.
(b) Dark spots.
(c) "Clip joints".
(d) Nose dives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James NOT do?

2. Who raided Carl and Anita's home?

3. Where does Anita return to in Chapter 12?

4. Who did Anita reconnect with in 1947?

5. Where did the band begin to perform during Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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