Backstage Pass

Author: Naomi Striemer

Readability Level 6.6 / Points 8

160 Pages / Word Count: 49,501

1. / It took Naomi to get a job with Sony.
a. / One day
b. / One week
c. / One year
d. / One hour
2. / Naomi’s dad went from to selling Bibles.
a. / Managing rock bands
b. / Being a bank executive
c. / Taking care of school grounds
d. / Being a lawyer
3. / Naomi told her dad she would lose all respect for him if .
a. / He didn’t move to the city
b. / Let her go to public high school
c. / Take her to a studio in Florida
d. / Let her sing the Messiah
4. / Naomi’s mom cried when they left Manitoba because she didn’t .
a. / Think Naomi was old enough to be a professional singer
b. / Want Naomi to be singing those kinds of songs
c. / Want to leave the home she had just fixed up or the 25 acres of land
d. / None of these
5. / Naomi didn’t join in with the booze and drugs because .
a. / She didn’t want to become wasted
b. / She wanted to be in control
c. / There was nothing she was trying to escape from
d. / All of these
6. / The member of the family almost never mentioned in the story was .
a. / Her mother
b. / Her father
c. / Her brother
d. / None of these
7. / Why did Naomi’s dad stop supporting Naomi’s career?
a. / He didn’t like the suggestive words of one of her songs
b. / He didn’t like the clothes she was wearing
c. / He didn’t like the places she was singing
d. / None of these
8. / Naomi blamed that her singing career in the mainstream died.
a. / Sony
b. / Her brother
c. / 911
d. / God
9. / To complete her songs about her pain, Naomi turned to .
a. / Her dad
b. / Peter
c. / Michael
d. / None of these
10. / Why didn’t the man from the Universal label produce her album?
a. / He was fired
b. / He was planning to give the songs to someone else
c. / He got in an accident
d. / He went bankrupt
11. / Naomi had her first real success selling her albums at ____.
a. / Book stores
b. / Churches
c. / Street corners
d. / Night clubs
12. / Naomi decided not to continue with Anthony’s support because he .
a. / Was involved with the Mafia
b. / Was involved with drugs
c. / Kidnapped his girlfriend
d. / All of these
13. / Her lawyer told her he _____ her contract with Steve.
a. / Could not endorse
b. / Would love to write
c. / Didn’t have time to read
d. / None of these
14. / Not only was Steve not a good manager, he kept her from .
a. / touring
b. / Acting jobs
c. / Using a good photo shoot
d. / All of these
15. / Naomi followed her group into a club but didn’t go in because he was religious.
a. / The driver
b. / Her boyfriend
c. / Her manager
d. / Her lawyer
16. / God sent her a message to .
a. / Get out of the club
b. / Stop singing
c. / Choose which side she would be on
d. / None of these