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

2. What text does Ryan's mother Valerie follow closely as part of her processing of finding God?
(a) The Book of Mormon.
(b) The Red Sea Scrolls.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The New Testament.

3. What famous song is Ryan often asked to sing that he hates singing?
(a) Love is a Wondrous Thing.
(b) God Bless America.
(c) Someday.
(d) Ol' Man River.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the white student Ryan befriends in school and whose family Ryan spends a great deal of time with?

2. Who is Ryan's voice teacher in Chapter 13?

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

4. Where does Ryan's mother take him for his birthday in Chapter 10?

5. Why does Ryan run after the young man who uses a racial slur to describe Obama?

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