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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 5 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who comes to hear Ryan sing during the finals in the young singers' competition at the Met?
(a) Robert.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Irene.

3. What occurs that leads to Ryan's placement in the juvenile detention center in Chapter 6?
(a) Ryan finds a gun and threatens to use it.
(b) Ryan creates a violent video game.
(c) Ryan tries to hurt himself.
(d) Ryan attacks his mother with a knife and creates a drawing that depicts violence.

4. What book does Ryan especially enjoy from his elementary school years?
(a) A Wrinkle in Time.
(b) Maniac Magee.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) The Chronicles of Narnia.

5. Which actor does Ryan like because he watched his movies with Cecil?
(a) Denzel Washington.
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(c) Sylvester Stallone.
(d) Tom Hanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the teacher Ryan adores from his elementary school years?

2. Who is the announcer for the finals of the Met's young singers' contest?

3. Who is the woman Ryan calls a "white Hawaiian bitch" at the juvenile detention center?

4. What does Valerie do when she finds that Ryan and Adrian have hidden a wizard card game she forbade them from playing?

5. Which famous rap star grew up in a high-rise complex next to the one Valerie, Ryan's mother, grew up in?

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