Question

jermaine never had any desire to become famous. he liked sitting in his room and making songs using his computer and drum machine, but he never thought anything would come from it. he never even thought of what he was doing as productive. he started making songs because he was bored with video games.
so, he made some songs. he picked the song he liked the best, and used his step moms digital camera to make a video of his friend sammy dancing to his song. he put the video on youtube and promptly forgot about it. the next thing he knew, he had an inbox full of email from people who watched the video. one of those people was a well - known hip - hop producer who wanted to put jermaines songs on his record label. jermaine agreed, but he said he did not want to appear in videos, play concerts, or give interviews. it was an unusual request, but the producer agreed.
jermaine decided sammy would appear publicly and perform in videos because he choreographed the dance in the original video. soon, sammy was traveling all over the country, filming videos, appearing at shopping malls, and performing on music television channels. meanwhile, jermaine sat at home, composing more songs and saving all the money in the bank.
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how does sammy contribute to the theme of the story?
a. sammys assertive attitude leads to his popularity.
b. sammy works hard to become a successful dancer.
c. sammys patience is important when waiting for the producer.
d. sammy inspires jermaine to make popular songs.

Explanation:

The story shows that Jermaine made a song and a video with his friend Sammy dancing. This led to his success. Sammy's dancing in the video (which was put on YouTube) was part of what made the video noticed. The producer saw the video and wanted to work with Jermaine. Jermaine then decided Sammy would be the public face. Sammy's role in the video (the dancing) was a key element that contributed to the chain of events (Jermaine's songs getting attention).

• Option A: There is no indication in the text that Sammy's assertiveness leads to his popularity. The text focuses on the video with his dancing (not his assertive attitude in general).
• Option B: The story is not about Sammy working hard to become a dancer. It's about how the video with his dancing (as part of Jermaine's song - video) led to things.
• Option C: There is no mention of Sammy waiting for a producer and showing patience.
• Option D: Sammy's dancing in the video (which was made with Jermaine's song) is what got the video noticed. This inspired (in a sense, as it was part of the content that made the video popular) Jermaine's songs to become popular (as the producer wanted to work with him because of the video).

Answer:

D. Sammy inspires Jermaine to make popular songs.