the streetamp band
1 mr. jones tapped the sheet music to the meter of mama beating the rug. “henry thomas walker, you keep your eyes on the notes. your mama and daddy pay me to teach the music in front of you.”
2 henry knew full well mama and daddy weren’t paying mr. jones any money. they had acquired the secondhand trumpet and mr. jones’s services the same way they got almost everything else—through bartering. daddy had replaced the rickety railing on mr. jones’s front porch in exchange for the horn. mama scrubbed mr. jones’s laundry every week in exchange for the music lessons. henry was grateful for mama and daddy’s sacrifices and meant no disrespect, but he also had no need for looking at sheet music. he had been practicing that same song for a month, so the notes were permanently etched in his mind.
3 after mr. jones left, henry asked for and received permission to go outside for a while. the after - dinner hours were always the busiest time on henry’s block. it seemed like the whole neighborhood turned out to greet the nighttime. the ladies gathered on a stoop and shared recipes and gossip. the men huddled on the corner and vied for the position of who had the hardest hay - kick - the - can, stickball games, hop - scotch, and jump ropes filled the streets as the children staked claim to their territory. henry snaked his way through the crowd. he had no interest in street games for henry. this was friday night, and friday night held a special meaning for henry. the band would be playing downtown at the top hat club.
4 henry slipped around the corner, leaving the commotion and tumult behind, and ran the three blocks to the club. he took his usual place under the streetlamp and began to sway to and fro, inside his mind, the mr. jones playing the bugle and trumpet merged through the open windows and sweet and smooth as silk, edged through and spun music. toward henry as he thought of every trumpet note, shaped to slide in and out of bass, through chords at an easy, mellow velocity, henry began to
he notes, strong and sweet and smooth as silk...\
how does this phrase help the reader understand events in the story?
1. it helps the reader understand the action as it is happening.
2. it helps the reader understand the setting when henry visited the top hat club.
3. it helps the reader experience the feelings henry gets from listening to the band.
4. it helps the reader experience what is happening in the minds of the characters.

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the streetamp band
1 mr. jones tapped the sheet music to the meter of mama beating the rug. “henry thomas walker, you keep your eyes on the notes. your mama and daddy pay me to teach the music in front of you.”
2 henry knew full well mama and daddy weren’t paying mr. jones any money. they had acquired the secondhand trumpet and mr. jones’s services the same way they got almost everything else—through bartering. daddy had replaced the rickety railing on mr. jones’s front porch in exchange for the horn. mama scrubbed mr. jones’s laundry every week in exchange for the music lessons. henry was grateful for mama and daddy’s sacrifices and meant no disrespect, but he also had no need for looking at sheet music. he had been practicing that same song for a month, so the notes were permanently etched in his mind.
3 after mr. jones left, henry asked for and received permission to go outside for a while. the after - dinner hours were always the busiest time on henry’s block. it seemed like the whole neighborhood turned out to greet the nighttime. the ladies gathered on a stoop and shared recipes and gossip. the men huddled on the corner and vied for the position of who had the hardest hay - kick - the - can, stickball games, hop - scotch, and jump ropes filled the streets as the children staked claim to their territory. henry snaked his way through the crowd. he had no interest in street games for henry. this was friday night, and friday night held a special meaning for henry. the band would be playing downtown at the top hat club.
4 henry slipped around the corner, leaving the commotion and tumult behind, and ran the three blocks to the club. he took his usual place under the streetlamp and began to sway to and fro, inside his mind, the mr. jones playing the bugle and trumpet merged through the open windows and sweet and smooth as silk, edged through and spun music. toward henry as he thought of every trumpet note, shaped to slide in and out of bass, through chords at an easy, mellow velocity, henry began to
	he notes, strong and sweet and smooth as silk...\
how does this phrase help the reader understand events in the story?
1. it helps the reader understand the action as it is happening.
2. it helps the reader understand the setting when henry visited the top hat club.
3. it helps the reader experience the feelings henry gets from listening to the band.
4. it helps the reader experience what is happening in the minds of the characters.

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# Brief Explanations:
To solve this, we analyze each option:
- Option 1: The phrase is about the notes' quality, not describing the action as it happens. Eliminate.
- Option 2: The phrase is about the music, not the setting of the Top Hat Club. Eliminate.
- Option 3: The phrase uses sensory language ("strong and sweet and smooth as silk") to convey the emotional and sensory experience Henry has from the band's music, helping readers feel his feelings. This fits.
- Option 4: The phrase describes the music, not the characters' minds. Eliminate.

# Answer:
3. It helps the reader experience the feelings Henry gets from listening to the band.

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