Vocabulary
About Mahalia
About the Blues
Compare and Contrast
Story Skills
100
Something given after one's death would be done this way.
What is "posthumously"?
100
Mahalia is best remembered as a Gospel singer who had a magnificent...
What is voice?
100
Slaves sang spirituals or the blues to help them ease this.
What was their feelings of pain?
100
According to the selection, it is how Mahalia Jackson and Bessie Smith were alike.
What is that they both performed in Chicago?
100
It is the most likely reason that the author wrote this story.
What is to inform readers about Mahalia Jackson and the blues?
200
The practice of owning another person is known as...
What is "slavery"?
200
In the early days of her career, Mahalia most admired this singer.
Who was Bessie Smith?
200
The roots of blues music started in this time period.
What is during the days of slavery in the U.S.?
200
It is how Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin can be contrasted.
What is that Mahalia was a gospel singer and Aretha sang soul music?
200
"Even if (Mahalia) didn't sing the blues, she learned a lot from listening to other blues singers." is a detail that supports this main idea.
What is that Mahalia worked hard to learn how to sing the blues?
300
To value something is to....
What is "appreciate"
300
Mahalia left school in eighth grade to do this.
What is go to work doing people's laundry?
300
Mahalia was born in this city where jazz music, that is closely associated with the blues, was also born.
What is New Orleans?
300
It is the one title that can be used to describe both Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin because they were such great singers.
What is "queen"?
300
"The blues are like having the flu in your feelings." is this type of statement.
What is an opinion?
400
It something is made available to the public, it is ....
What is "released"?
400
"It was in church that Mahalia first started singing." is a detail that tells us more about this main idea.
What is that Mahalia grew up singing?
400
A famous blues singer that traveled with Bessie Smith was...
Who was Ma Rainey?
400
It is the way that both gospel music and the blues are alike.
What is that both make the listener experience strong feelings?
400
To check when the roots of the blues started, you would have to use this reference book?
What is an encyclopedia?
500
Someone who has a strong belief in God is said to be this type of person.
What is "religious"?
500
It is the one regret that that author had about seeing Mahalia Jackson.
What is that he did not appreciate her at the time for the great singer she was?
500
Mahalia was asked to sing a gospel song before one of this famous Civil Rights leader's speeches.
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
500
It is a feeling and also a kind of music.
What is the "blues"?
500
It was the first thing that happened to the author before he became inspired to write this story.
What is that he went to Chicago with a church group?
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