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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 17 - 19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which television show does Ryan find solace and meaning in after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) Family Ties.
(b) ER.
(c) The Wire.
(d) Seinfeld.

2. Who called Ryan to check on him and speak with him while he was in the juvenile detention facility?
(a) Patrick Summers.
(b) Mr. Fischer.
(c) Mr. Brown.
(d) Mrs. Hughes.

3. Which opera does Ryan see on his first visit to the Met as a high school student?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Don Giovanni.
(c) Madame Butterfly.
(d) Macbeth.

4. What did one of the kind workers at the juvenile detention center do for Ryan that helped him?
(a) She let him call his mother more often.
(b) She secretly gave him his favorite candy.
(c) She gave him extra points for privileges even if he did not deserve them.
(d) She gave him a skateboard he loved.

5. What does Ryan's grandmother, who is suffering from dementia in Chapter 10, call him?
(a) Honey.
(b) Little Ry.
(c) Genius.
(d) Boo-Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Met competition for young singers' director?

2. What is Ryan's reaction when the Governor's School principal phones to tell him he as been accepted?

3. What causes Ryan to have an allergic reaction as a child?

4. What new job has Valerie just gotten in Chapter 15?

5. Which group barred Marian Anderson from singing at Constitution Hall in Washington DC in 1939?

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