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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 13 - 16).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the unique word Ryan's voice teacher uses to help him during his training?
(a) Place-resonating.
(b) Poisement.
(c) Spacement.
(d) Place-inating.

2. What did one of the kind workers at the juvenile detention center do for Ryan that helped him?
(a) She gave him extra points for privileges even if he did not deserve them.
(b) She let him call his mother more often.
(c) She secretly gave him his favorite candy.
(d) She gave him a skateboard he loved.

3. What does Ryan's friend's father remember Ryan leaving all around the house when he visited?
(a) Twisted-up napkins.
(b) Hairpins.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Food.

4. In what year did Marian Anderson sing at the Met for the first time?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1981.

5. What was Ryan's second role in a Met opera?
(a) A part in Othello.
(b) A part in Madame Butterfly.
(c) A part in Don Giovanni.
(d) A part in Parsifal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the kids on Ryan's bus say when they find out he is singing opera?

2. Why does Ryan run after the young man who uses a racial slur to describe Obama?

3. Where does Ryan attend graduate school?

4. Which actor does Ryan like because he watched his movies with Cecil?

5. What does Ryan's grandmother, who is suffering from dementia in Chapter 10, call him?

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