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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 does the conductor suggest that Ryan must do by the end of the day in Chapter 5?
(a) Go for a run to clear his head.
(b) Get his sinuses professionally cleared out.
(c) Have a massage.
(d) Get a session with an Italian coach.

2. What did Valerie find when she came home hastily from Korea?
(a) Valerie's mother was dying.
(b) Cecil was living with another woman and that woman's son in her apartment.
(c) Ryan and Adrian were very ill.
(d) Valerie's father needed to find a new job.

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

4. Which popular black male singer was passed over for a role in the Met's production of The Emperor Jones in the 1930s?
(a) Jesse Owens.
(b) Edward Owens.
(c) Paul Robeson.
(d) Cole Porter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was Adrian fascinated with as a child?

2. What happens when Ryan gets onstage for the first time in the Governor's School production of The Ballad of Baby Doe?

3. What does Cecil do for Ryan's colleagues after they perform in Chapter 12?

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

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

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