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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. Why does Valerie leave her post in Korea to come quickly back to the USA?
(a) Cecil had sent her divorce papers.
(b) Ryan called her and asked her to come home.
(c) Her mother died.
(d) She was very sick.

2. What does Ryan wait for from his father as a child?
(a) Ryan waits for his father's old movie collection in the mail.
(b) Ryan waits for his father's books in the mail.
(c) Ryan waits for his father to send him money he had promised to send.
(d) Ryan waits for boxes of things his father had promised to send Ryan, but never does.

3. What kind of work did Cecil, Ryan's father, once perform?
(a) Bodybuilding.
(b) Construction.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Accounting.

4. Which Verdi opera does Ryan sing an aria from for his audition piece in the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) Othello.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Don Giovanni.

5. Why does Valerie quit the Air Force?
(a) She wants to advance further than they will let her.
(b) Her new husband forces her to resign.
(c) She is not getting paid enough.
(d) She asks for time off to spend with a sick child and they deny her the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Adrian very good at as a child?

2. What does Ryan do on his first day in the class for students with behavioral problems in elementary school?

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

4. What caused the scars on the backs of Ryan's legs?

5. What does Valerie accuse her second husband of doing?

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