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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. Where does Ryan attend graduate school?
(a) Carnegie Mellon.
(b) Eastman School of Music.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Florida State University.

2. What does Mark Oswald suggest Ryan do after his audition for the Vienna State Opera?
(a) Go back tomorrow and do a better job.
(b) Quit singing.
(c) Write an email apologizing to the people who heard his audition.
(d) Take a vacation.

3. Who is Valerie's second husband?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Larry.
(c) Barry.
(d) Harry.

4. Who is the famous opera singer Bergner mentions in Chapter 5 who had surgery to help her lose weight?
(a) Rene Flemming.
(b) Megan Trainor.
(c) Deborah Voigt.
(d) Denyce Graves.

5. What does Ryan tell Adrian shortly after their father's funeral?
(a) That he would like for them to be in closer contact.
(b) That he wants to pay for Adrian to come to live in New York.
(c) That he and Adrian need to take better care of their mother Valerie.
(d) That he does not want to see Adrian any more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which musical does Ryan perform in in high school that makes his mother weep in the audience?

2. How does Ryan handle the visits from his mother at the juvenile detention center?

3. How does Valerie's older brother die?

4. Which black female singer performed operatic selections at Carnegie Hall in the 1890s?

5. Where does Valerie move herself and Ryan after leaving the trailer park in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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