SAT Practice3a04d20b-5096-450a-b14c-b8e956fd9b8c
Practice one SAT question at a time
Questions come from the Bluebook question bank.
The following text is from Laila Lalami’s 2019 novel The Other Americans. The narrator is a member of her middle school’s jazz band.
One day the jazz band was invited to perform at the Summer Festival in Palm Springs. Walking across the stage to the piano, I did what my teacher had advised. Pretend you’re only playing for one person. That way you won’t be so nervous. I glanced at my father, who sat in the front row, leaning his head just so, waiting. Then I closed my eyes, and began to play.
©2019 by Laila Lalami
According to the text, what does the narrator do as she walks across the stage?