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Mississippi Delta Blues Festival

Source:America's Library
Level: Pre-Intermediate

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IV. Post-Reading Questions

When you have finished reading, return to this page and answer the questions below.

  1. Whose musical traditions formed the foundation for blues?
  2. a. Native Americans
    b. British immigrants
    c. African Americans
    d. South Americans

  3. Due to the poor condition of Mississippi, blacks moved to north, to cities such as New York, Boston, and Massachusetts (TRUE / FALSE)

  4. The blues disappeared from the original place after many Blacks moved to other cities. (TRUE / FALSE)

  5. What were the conditions in the place where the blues originated?


Answers

1. c
2. false
3. false
4. poverty, racism, inhumane working conditions

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