Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition

7. According to the passage, from what musical
tradition did Robert Johnson emerge?
a. rock and roll
b. jazz
c. blues
8. Johnson died in
a. 1927.
b. 1938.
c. 1929.
9. True or False: Johnson influenced many rock
artists, including Led Zeppelin and the Rolling
Stones.
10. Johnson’s cause of death was
a. heart attack.
b. old age.
c. murder.
11. Indelible means
a. permanent, impossible to remove.
b. fleeting, brief.
c. troubling, disturbing.
12. The main idea of this paragraph is best expressed
in which sentence in the paragraph?
13. Indicate whether the following sentences are fact
or opinion:
a. “Robert Johnson is the best blues guitarist of
all time.”
b. “Eric Clapton has called Johnson the most
important blues musician who ever lived.”
c. “Rock music wouldn’t be what it is today
without Robert Johnson.”

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Answers
7. c. See the first and second sentences. The next-to-
last sentence also provides this information.
8. b. See the sixth sentence.
9. True. See the fourth sentence.
10. c. See the sixth sentence.
11. a. permanent, impossible to remove. There are
several context clues. The third, fourth, and fifth
sentences discuss Johnson’s major impact on
musicians who have followed him. The next-to-
last sentence also discusses the fact that contem-
porary artists return to Johnson again and again.
Also, the sentence that uses the word indelible
states, “He was only 27 years old, yet he left an
indelible mark on the music world,” implying that
he left a lasting mark in spite of his young age.
These clues make it obvious that (b) fleeting, brief
and (c) troubling, disturbing are not the correct
answers.