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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 (Chapters 1 - 4) .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one problem Ryan experiences in buying formal clothes?
(a) He is unusually large and it can be hard to find things in his size.
(b) He wants to find clothes to make him look taller.
(c) He wears bright colors that are hard to find.
(d) He will only wear silk and silk is very expensive.

3. What caused the scars on the backs of Ryan's legs?
(a) He had been cut by one of his mother's boyfriend as a child.
(b) He got scalded by bathwater as a child.
(c) His brother Adrian put him on a hot grill as a child.
(d) He fell on a sharp knife as a child.

4. What was one of the ways in which Adrian developed his talent as a child?
(a) Adrian watched cooking programs on television to learn how to cook.
(b) Valerie signed Adrian up for singing lessons.
(c) Adrian watched soccer on television constantly to learn new moves.
(d) Adrian watched a painting instruction program on PBS.

5. What important leader does Ryan's elementary school teacher introduce him to?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) Ghandi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the character from the Verdi opera that Ryan plays in his audition for the Met's young singers' competition?

3. Which Verdi opera does Ryan sing an aria from for his audition piece in the Met's young singers' competition?

4. Which singer prefers to wear a form-fitting dress that the Met's fashion adviser does not like?

5. Why does Valerie leave her post in Korea to come quickly back to the USA?

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