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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the singer Ryan is afraid of being compared to in Chapter 13?
2. Which Keats poem is Ryan recording a musical adaptation of in Chapter 14?
3. What is Ryan's reaction when the Governor's School principal phones to tell him he as been accepted?
4. Why do Valerie's new neighbors across the street knock out her porch light bulb in Chapter 11?
5. Where does Ryan travel for his father's funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of influence does Mr. Brown have on Ryan during his time teaching him?
2. In Chapter 13, why is Ryan afraid he may become like the singer Terrence Coleman?
3. What do Ryan's music teachers at the Governor's School think of his voice when they first hear him sing?
4. Why does Ryan join the Latin club and deliberately start making friends with white students in school when he is released from the juvenile detention center?
5. What is the personal connection that helps Ryan get into the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts?
6. In Chapter 11, how does Ryan's budding relationship with the red-headed soprano work out?
7. When does Ryan first settle on the idea that he would like to sing at the Met someday?
8. What was wrong with the area that Valerie and Ryan move to, the little green shack, in a town outside of Norfolk?
9. How does Gayletha Nichols describes Ryan's appeal to other people in Chapter 14?
10. What does winning the Met's competition for young singers mean for a young singer's career?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing why Ryan seems so desperate to connect with the boy Bergner identifies as a rapper during his visit to the juvenile detention center in Chapter 16.
Essay Topic 2
Although Ryan befriends his fellow singer and competitor Philippe during the Met's contest, he becomes more and more aware of the gulf in the backgrounds and confidence. Write an essay comparing and contrasting Ryan's and Philippe's experiences and how their backgrounds seem to affect each singer's attitudes towards the Met's competition.
Essay Topic 3
The juvenile detention facility of last resort that Ryan is sent to as a 12 year-old in Virginia was named, at the time, the DeJarnette Center. Write an essay explaining who the center's namesake, Dr. Joseph DeJarnette, was, and why Bergner spends a significant amount of time explaining DeJarnette's background and legacy.
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