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That Swingin' Sound by Rekha Rajan

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    The book, and jazz musicians Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
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  • What instrument did Louis Armstrong play on stage?
    trumpet
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  • What two types of music did Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong play?
    classical and jazz
    jazz and swing
    country and hip hop
    pop and rock
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  • Where did Ella Fitzgerald spend her childhood?
    Los Angeles, CA
    New Orleans, LA
    New York City, NY
    Chicago, IL
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  • What was the name of the theater where Ella first performed?
    AMC
    Apollo
    Metropolis
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  • When we first met Ella in the book, where was she living?
    with her grandparents
    in an orphanage
    with her parents
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  • When Ella went on stage for the first time, what did she do?
    sang
    acted
    told jokes
    played the piano
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  • Where did Louis Armstrong grow up?
    Detroit, MI
    Chicago, IL
    New Orleans, LA
    New York City, NY
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  • Who is the author of That Swingin' Sound?
    Laurie Keller
    Rekha Rajan
    Ken Daley
    Mo Willems
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  • True or false? Ella and Louis performed together at a concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
    True
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  • Which types of transportation/vehicles were mentioned in the book?
    cars and trucks
    trains and riverboats
    airplanes and ships
  •  20
  • True or false? Louis Armstrong only made music with his trumpet, not his voice.
    false
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  • What is this type of singing called? de-ba-do-ba-dee
    country
    scat
    classical
    rock
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