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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Verdi opera does Ryan sing an aria from for his audition piece in the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Othello.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Don Giovanni.

2. What occurs that leads to Ryan's placement in the juvenile detention center in Chapter 6?
(a) Ryan finds a gun and threatens to use it.
(b) Ryan attacks his mother with a knife and creates a drawing that depicts violence.
(c) Ryan tries to hurt himself.
(d) Ryan creates a violent video game.

3. Where does Valerie find work after leaving the Air Force?
(a) A lawyer's office.
(b) A school.
(c) A hair salon.
(d) A pawn shop.

4. What does Ryan do when he finds out he is a winner of the Met's competition for young singers?
(a) Faints.
(b) Hugs his mother.
(c) Dances in the wings before walking onstage.
(d) Tears his tie off his neck in joy.

5. Who do Ryan and Adrian stay with when Valerie goes back to Korea?
(a) Valerie's mother.
(b) Aunt Esther.
(c) They are put in foster care.
(d) A cousin.

6. How many winners are there in the final of the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

7. What does Valerie claim changed her second husband for the worse?
(a) A surgery he had.
(b) An experience as a victim of a robbery.
(c) A deployment with the military overseas.
(d) A bad reaction to a vitamin.

8. What does Ryan most like to do at the juvenile detention center?
(a) Play football.
(b) Talk to the other children there.
(c) Play Nintendo games.
(d) Read.

9. How old is Ryan in 2011 when he enters the Met's competition?
(a) 24.
(b) 15.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

10. Who called Ryan to check on him and speak with him while he was in the juvenile detention facility?
(a) Mr. Fischer.
(b) Mrs. Hughes.
(c) Patrick Summers.
(d) Mr. Brown.

11. What does the Italian coach tell Ryan to do to practice his pronunciation in Chapter 7?
(a) Recite the words backwards.
(b) Sing the arias until he is hoarse.
(c) Take a break and let his brain soak in the sounds.
(d) Listen to recordings of the words.

12. Why does Valerie quit the Air Force?
(a) She is not getting paid enough.
(b) She wants to advance further than they will let her.
(c) She asks for time off to spend with a sick child and they deny her the time.
(d) Her new husband forces her to resign.

13. What causes Ryan to have an allergic reaction as a child?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) A vaccination that contained eggs, which he had an allergy to.
(c) Cat hair.
(d) A bee sting.

14. What does Valerie accuse her second husband of doing?
(a) Sabotaging her career as an insurance salesperson because she made more money than he did.
(b) Cutting her brakes on her car.
(c) Cheating on her.
(d) Stealing money from their account.

15. What important leader does Ryan's elementary school teacher introduce him to?
(a) Ghandi.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ryan remember about the wall in the solitary confinement room at the juvenile detention center?

2. Who is Valerie's second husband?

3. What was Adrian very good at as a child?

4. What caused the scars on the backs of Ryan's legs?

5. Which Virginia couple successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s?

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