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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new job has Valerie just gotten in Chapter 15?
(a) She is a dispatcher with the Navy.
(b) She is an administrative assistant at a dentist's office.
(c) She is an Air Force recruiter.
(d) She is a cook at a diner.

2. Which pronunciation coach does Ryan work with in Chapter 14?
(a) Jeffry Rees.
(b) John Jones.
(c) Carrie-Ann Matheson.
(d) Hemdi Kfir.

3. Who is Ryan's new Italian coach in Chapter 15?
(a) Paul Smith.
(b) Bob Cowart.
(c) Rob Jameson.
(d) Camille LaBarre.

4. What is Ken Noda's ethnic background?
(a) Indian.
(b) African American.
(c) Asian.
(d) Mexican.

5. Which club at school does Ryan join after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) Chess.
(d) Latin.

6. Where did Mr. Brown take Ryan to buy clothes sometimes?
(a) Walmart.
(b) Nordstrom's.
(c) Kmart.
(d) Lord and Taylor.

7. What does Greg, Ryan's half-brother, tell him about Cecil?
(a) That Cecil had money he wanted Ryan to have.
(b) That Cecil had told Greg he hoped Ryan would forgive him for not being there as Ryan grew up.
(c) That Cecil had not really wanted to marry Lonna.
(d) That Cecil had not believed Ryan was his biological son.

8. Which black female singer performed operatic selections at Carnegie Hall in the 1890s?
(a) Denyce Graves.
(b) Marian Anderson.
(c) Kathleen Battle.
(d) Sissieretta Jones.

9. How does Ryan's father die?
(a) Of cancer.
(b) Of a stroke.
(c) Of a sudden heart attack.
(d) In a car accident.

10. Which television show does Ryan find solace and meaning in after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) Seinfeld.
(b) Family Ties.
(c) The Wire.
(d) ER.

11. Why does Ryan run after the young man who uses a racial slur to describe Obama?
(a) He wants to find out where the man lives so he can report him to the college the man attends.
(b) He plans to lead the police to the man.
(c) He is angry and wants to talk to the man.
(d) He plans to beat the man.

12. What kind of church does Robert Brown attend?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Methodist.

13. What derogatory name did Ryan's classmates at school sometimes call him?
(a) Imposter.
(b) Faker.
(c) Poser.
(d) Oreo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ryan get accepted to and attend college?

2. What does Ryan's new Italian coach keep in his pocket?

3. What does Mark Oswald think is one of Ryan's problems when he sings?

4. Why do people sometimes have trouble classifying Ryan's voice?

5. What does Ryan's voice teacher, Mark Oswald, ask him to do to help improve his sound in Chapter 14?

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