Being Your Best Unit Test
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Question
Use the excerpt from The Savoy to answer the question.
But what he said was, “You feel it, don’t you? Like you’re not moving to the music, but the music is moving you.”
I shrugged. “I sure don’t have magic in my feet, not like they do.”
“I can’t speak to your feet, son, but I reckon your hands have magic to spare.” He nodded at the table, where I still beat out my rhythm without even realizing it. “You should try these.”
He produced a pair of well-worn drumsticks. I took them, not sure what to say.
Could I really do what he did, make the music that brought the dancers to life?
No, it wasn’t a question. I would. I’d practice every day, just like Frankie and his friends out on the street, until I was one of the bandmen the dancers cheered and stomped for. I looked out on the dance floor, found Frankie and Willa Mae, and an impish smile crossed my face as I beat my sticks to a wild rhythm. If they thought the music made them sweat now, just wait till I made it behind the drums on the Savoy bandstand!
How does the narrator feel at the end of this excerpt?