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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Valerie accuse her second husband of doing?
(a) Sabotaging her career as an insurance salesperson because she made more money than he did.
(b) Cheating on her.
(c) Stealing money from their account.
(d) Cutting her brakes on her car.

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

4. What text does Ryan's mother Valerie follow closely as part of her processing of finding God?
(a) The Red Sea Scrolls.
(b) The New Testament.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The Book of Mormon.

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

6. Where does Valerie find work after leaving the Air Force?
(a) A school.
(b) A pawn shop.
(c) A lawyer's office.
(d) A hair salon.

7. Who is the person in charge of helping the Met contestants with their clothing for the final auditions?
(a) Camille LaBarre.
(b) James Robinson.
(c) Gayletha Nichols.
(d) Ken Noda.

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

9. 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 hand-held video game.
(b) A sketch pad.
(c) A television of his own.
(d) A small radio.

10. What did all the female finalists in the Met's young singers' competition look like physically?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Very short.
(c) Very tall.
(d) Slim and pretty.

11. What kind of work did Cecil, Ryan's father, once perform?
(a) Construction.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Bodybuilding.

12. What was Adrian very good at as a child?
(a) Playing soccer.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Drawing.

13. What is Ryan's middle name?
(a) Speedo.
(b) Robert.
(c) Giles.
(d) Francis.

14. What store does Camille LaBarre take Ryan to to get clothes for the Met competition's final audition?
(a) Talbot's.
(b) Brooks Brothers.
(c) Men's Wearhouse.
(d) Bloomingdales.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the conductor who works with Ryan at the start of Chapter 5?

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

3. What does Valerie do when she finds that Ryan and Adrian have hidden a wizard card game she forbade them from playing?

4. Who sat in on Ryan's practice session with the Met conductor in Chapter 5?

5. What does the Italian coach tell Ryan to do to practice his pronunciation in Chapter 7?

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