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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. Which opera does Ryan make his Met debut with a part in?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) Madame Butterfly.
(c) Turandot.
(d) Othello.

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

3. What is the second aria Ryan sings in the final of the Met's competition for young singers?
(a) Toreador.
(b) Leggermente.
(c) Sotto caldo.
(d) La calunnia.

4. Which club at school does Ryan join after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) Latin.
(d) Chess.

5. What does Greg, Ryan's half-brother, tell him about Cecil?
(a) That Cecil had money he wanted Ryan to have.
(b) That Cecil had told Greg he hoped Ryan would forgive him for not being there as Ryan grew up.
(c) That Cecil had not really wanted to marry Lonna.
(d) That Cecil had not believed Ryan was his biological son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Valerie meet Cecil, Ryan's father?

2. Who is Ryan's voice teacher in Chapter 13?

3. What is Ken Noda's ethnic background?

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

5. Which Keats poem is Ryan recording a musical adaptation of in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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