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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. Why does Ryan initially start taking chorus class in high school?
(a) Mrs. Hughes suggests it.
(b) His football coach suggests it as an easy credit.
(c) Ryan always loved singing, so it was a natural choice.
(d) His mother makes him take it.

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

3. Who is the woman Ryan calls a "white Hawaiian bitch" at the juvenile detention center?
(a) Priscilla Jenkins.
(b) Jennifer Reynolds.
(c) Yvette Wyatt.
(d) Bette Hughes.

4. Why does Adrian leave the home he was sharing with Valerie and Ryan in Chapter 9?
(a) He is selling drugs.
(b) He has to go away for college.
(c) He gets angry and puts his fists through the wall of the house.
(d) He finds a new girlfriend and leaves to live with her.

5. Why do opera singers sometimes eat bananas before performing or auditioning?
(a) They are good for soothing the throat.
(b) The potassium is supposed to keep shaking from nerves and adrenaline under control.
(c) The nutritionist on staff recommends them.
(d) They are known to make a voice louder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ryan sometimes do when he gets a bad sinus infection?

2. What is the unique word Ryan's voice teacher uses to help him during his training?

3. Which popular black male singer was passed over for a role in the Met's production of The Emperor Jones in the 1930s?

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

5. Who runs the Met's Lindemann training program?

(see the answer key)

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