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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. 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 asks his mother to give custody of him to his father Cecil.
(d) He can not wait to see his mother and is sad to see her go.

2. What do Ryan and Adrian steal from shops as children?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Books.
(c) Action figures.
(d) Food.

3. What does the Italian coach tell Ryan to do to practice his pronunciation in Chapter 7?
(a) Sing the arias until he is hoarse.
(b) Recite the words backwards.
(c) Listen to recordings of the words.
(d) Take a break and let his brain soak in the sounds.

4. Why does Ryan stop seeing the red-headed girl he meets in the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Her grandparents forbid her to see Ryan because Ryan is black.
(b) He can not afford the gas to go back and forth to her house.
(c) She cheats on him.
(d) She moves away for college.

5. Which of the following was Adrian fascinated with as a child?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Dinosaurs.
(d) Trains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did all the female finalists in the Met's young singers' competition look like physically?

2. What is Ryan's middle name?

3. What did one of the kind workers at the juvenile detention center do for Ryan that helped him?

4. Where did Mr. Brown take Ryan to buy clothes sometimes?

5. What was each section of the juvenile detention center called?

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