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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 13 - 16).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the plaza where the New York Metropolitan Opera House is located?
(a) Washington Square.
(b) Times Square.
(c) Lincoln Center.
(d) Herald Square.

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

3. What is the name of the character from the Verdi opera that Ryan plays in his audition for the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) Tybalt.
(b) Iago.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Banquo.

4. What does Ryan compare the area where he and Valerie move in Chapter 11 to?
(a) A crevasse.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A river.
(d) A mountain.

5. Who is the contemporary black male opera singer Bernger interviews who says being black is a disadvantage when working in opera?
(a) Paul Robeson.
(b) Philippe Sly.
(c) James Brown.
(d) Eric Owens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ryan remember about the wall in the solitary confinement room at the juvenile detention center?

2. Which major newspaper wrote a positive review of Ryan's singing in Chapter 15?

3. What text does Ryan's mother Valerie follow closely as part of her processing of finding God?

4. What does Ryan's grandmother, who is suffering from dementia in Chapter 10, call him?

5. Where does Ryan take a trip with his father in Chapter 12?

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