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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. How does Ryan handle the visits from his mother at the juvenile detention center?
(a) He begs his mother to take him home.
(b) The visits agitate him and seem to make him angrier.
(c) He can not wait to see his mother and is sad to see her go.
(d) He asks his mother to give custody of him to his father Cecil.

2. Which family members of Ryan's were in the audience to hear him sing in his first opera a the Met on opening night?
(a) Adrian.
(b) No one.
(c) Cecil and Valerie.
(d) Aunt Esther.

3. What kind of doctor does the Met employ to treat its singers?
(a) Cardiologist.
(b) Psychologist.
(c) Chiropractor.
(d) ENT.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous opera singer does Ryan see perform when he goes to the Met for the first time?

2. Which club at school does Ryan join after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?

3. Why does Adrian leave the home he was sharing with Valerie and Ryan in Chapter 9?

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

5. What text does Ryan's mother Valerie follow closely as part of her processing of finding God?

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