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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Valerie quit the Air Force?
(a) Her new husband forces her to resign.
(b) She is not getting paid enough.
(c) She asks for time off to spend with a sick child and they deny her the time.
(d) She wants to advance further than they will let her.

2. Who comes to hear Ryan sing during the finals in the young singers' competition at the Met?
(a) Irene.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Robert.
(d) Cecil.

3. What does Valerie claim changed her second husband for the worse?
(a) A deployment with the military overseas.
(b) A bad reaction to a vitamin.
(c) An experience as a victim of a robbery.
(d) A surgery he had.

4. What causes Ryan to have an allergic reaction as a child?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) A vaccination that contained eggs, which he had an allergy to.
(c) Cat hair.
(d) A bee sting.

5. Which actor does Ryan like because he watched his movies with Cecil?
(a) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(b) Sylvester Stallone.
(c) Tom Hanks.
(d) Denzel Washington.

6. What does Valerie do when she finds that Ryan and Adrian have hidden a wizard card game she forbade them from playing?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Makes them pay her twice the value of the game.
(c) Grounds them.
(d) Does not feed them for a few days.

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

8. 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) Cecil had sent her divorce papers.
(c) She was very sick.
(d) Her mother died.

9. What is one thing that agitates Ryan very badly when he is at the juvenile detention center?
(a) The sheets are too itchy.
(b) A female child there follows Ryan around.
(c) He is very homesick.
(d) The food is terrible.

10. What is one problem Ryan experiences in buying formal clothes?
(a) He wears bright colors that are hard to find.
(b) He will only wear silk and silk is very expensive.
(c) He wants to find clothes to make him look taller.
(d) He is unusually large and it can be hard to find things in his size.

11. Who is the announcer for the finals of the Met's young singers' contest?
(a) Charlotte Church.
(b) Denyce Graves.
(c) Kathleen Battle.
(d) Joyce DiDonato.

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

13. What important leader does Ryan's elementary school teacher introduce him to?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) Ghandi.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

14. Who is the teacher Ryan adores from his elementary school years?
(a) Mrs. Hughes.
(b) Mr. Levine.
(c) Mr. Noda.
(d) Mrs. Fischer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ryan and Adrian steal from shops as children?

2. What is Ryan's middle name?

3. Which of the following laws did DeJarnette advocate for the passage of?

4. Who is the famous opera singer Bergner mentions in Chapter 5 who had surgery to help her lose weight?

5. Where does Valerie find work after leaving the Air Force?

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