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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 9 - 12).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mr. Brown die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) AIDS.

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

4. What is the name of the special trainee program at the Met that Ryan is invited to audition for after he is a winner of the young singers' competition?
(a) The LaBarre program.
(b) The Weinberg program.
(c) The Lindemann program.
(d) The Flament program.

5. Who is the legendary conductor at the Met who is involved in selecting singers for the Met's special training program?
(a) David Robertson.
(b) Paul Robeson.
(c) Eric Oswald
(d) James Levine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Ryan stop seeing the red-headed girl he meets in the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. Who is Ryan's aunt who is surprised when he expresses interest in opera?

4. What did Valerie find when she came home hastily from Korea?

5. What did someone on the staff at the juvenile detention center give Ryan that he loved and he would lose if he lost control of his behavior?

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