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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 17 - 19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city was Ryan in on November 4, 2008, the night Barack Obama was elected president of the United States?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Tallahassee, Florida.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) New York, New York.

2. What does Valerie claim changed her second husband for the worse?
(a) A surgery he had.
(b) An experience as a victim of a robbery.
(c) A bad reaction to a vitamin.
(d) A deployment with the military overseas.

3. What happens when Ryan gets onstage for the first time in the Governor's School production of The Ballad of Baby Doe?
(a) He falls off the stage.
(b) He faints.
(c) He forgets his one line.
(d) He stuns the crowd with his amazing voice.

4. What does Mark Oswald think is one of Ryan's problems when he sings?
(a) Ryan can not stay on pitch.
(b) Ryan gets a look of helplessness and fear when he hears a note coming out wrong.
(c) Ryan needs to be more physically animated when he sings.
(d) Ryan sings much too softly sometimes.

5. Who is the last singer's name announced who has moved on to the final round of the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) Deanna's.
(b) Philippe's.
(c) Ryan's.
(d) Michelle's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ryan get accepted to and attend college?

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

3. What does Ryan tell the staffer he remembers from his youth and meets again at the juvenile detention center?

4. What does Mark Oswald suggest Ryan do after his audition for the Vienna State Opera?

5. What do the kids on Ryan's bus say when they find out he is singing opera?

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