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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Adrian produce as part of his art projects?
(a) Drawings of dinosaurs that he made into dozens of scrolls.
(b) A portfolio of work he used to apply for college.
(c) Many large sketch books full of all different kinds of collages.
(d) A room full of charcoal drawings.

2. 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.

3. In their last practice session before the Met competition final in Chapter 7, what does the conductor tell Ryan he is doing wrong?
(a) Not being expressive enough.
(b) Singing notes that are not in the score.
(c) Singing too softly.
(d) Coming in at the wrong place in the music.

4. Which of the following laws did DeJarnette advocate for the passage of?
(a) The Children's Rights Act.
(b) The Sterilization Act.
(c) The Hatch Act.
(d) The Landowner's Act.

5. Who do Ryan and Adrian stay with when Valerie goes back to Korea?
(a) Aunt Esther.
(b) Valerie's mother.
(c) They are put in foster care.
(d) A cousin.

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

7. How did Cecil get his middle name of Speedo?
(a) His mother loved the Speedo swimsuits.
(b) He was a very fast swimmer.
(c) The story was that Cecil was born very quickly.
(d) It was a name that had been in the Green family for generations.

8. What did someone on the staff at the juvenile detention center give Ryan that he loved and he would lose if he lost control of his behavior?
(a) A small radio.
(b) A hand-held video game.
(c) A television of his own.
(d) A sketch pad.

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

10. What caused the scars on the backs of Ryan's legs?
(a) He fell on a sharp knife as a child.
(b) His brother Adrian put him on a hot grill as a child.
(c) He had been cut by one of his mother's boyfriend as a child.
(d) He got scalded by bathwater as a child.

11. Which of the following was Dr. Joseph DeJarnette known for?
(a) His creation of solitary confinement.
(b) His outstanding medical research.
(c) His embrace of eugenics and his advocacy of racist laws.
(d) His pioneering method of pediatric neuroscience.

12. Which singer prefers to wear a form-fitting dress that the Met's fashion adviser does not like?
(a) Molly.
(b) Deanna.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Anne.

13. Why does Valerie leave her post in Korea to come quickly back to the USA?
(a) Cecil had sent her divorce papers.
(b) Ryan called her and asked her to come home.
(c) Her mother died.
(d) She was very sick.

14. How does Valerie's older brother die?
(a) He died in a robbery.
(b) He died of AIDS.
(c) He died of cancer.
(d) He died of a heart attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What store does Camille LaBarre take Ryan to to get clothes for the Met competition's final audition?

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

3. What is the second aria Ryan sings in the final of the Met's competition for young singers?

4. What does Ryan wait for from his father as a child?

5. What is the name of the character from the Verdi opera that Ryan plays in his audition for the Met's young singers' competition?

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