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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which popular black male singer was passed over for a role in the Met's production of The Emperor Jones in the 1930s?
(a) Jesse Owens.
(b) Cole Porter.
(c) Paul Robeson.
(d) Edward Owens.

2. Who calls Ryan to tell him his father has died?
(a) Aunt Esther.
(b) Miss Lonna, Ryan's father's fiance.
(c) Valerie.
(d) Adrian.

3. Who is the principal of the Governor's School when Ryan auditions in Chapter 10?
(a) Robert James, his mother's old friend.
(b) Yvette Wyatt, his godmother.
(c) Leon Hughes, his old teacher Mrs. Hughes's husband.
(d) Fred Green, his father's cousin.

4. Who runs the Met's Lindemann training program?
(a) Brian Zeger.
(b) Gayletha Nichols.
(c) Joyce DiDonato.
(d) James Levine.

5. Which teacher at Governor's School takes Ryan under his wing and helps turn him into a very good singer?
(a) Alan Fischer.
(b) Jeremy Johns.
(c) Paul Robeson.
(d) Mr. Robert Brown Jr.

6. What is the unique word Ryan's voice teacher uses to help him during his training?
(a) Place-resonating.
(b) Poisement.
(c) Spacement.
(d) Place-inating.

7. Where does Ryan take a trip with his father in Chapter 12?
(a) Central City, Colorado.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Tempe, Arizona.
(d) San Francisco, California.

8. In what year did Marian Anderson sing at the Met for the first time?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1935.

9. What does Ryan tell Mr. Brown as they leave the Met from his high school field trip?
(a) That he is giving up on singing because he will never be that good.
(b) That he has to drop out of Governor's School so he can focus on football.
(c) That someday he is going to sing at the Met.
(d) That he is going to move to Europe on his own to study opera.

10. What famous song is Ryan often asked to sing that he hates singing?
(a) Love is a Wondrous Thing.
(b) Ol' Man River.
(c) God Bless America.
(d) Someday.

11. Where did Mr. Brown take Ryan to buy clothes sometimes?
(a) Walmart.
(b) Lord and Taylor.
(c) Nordstrom's.
(d) Kmart.

12. Which group barred Marian Anderson from singing at Constitution Hall in Washington DC in 1939?
(a) The KKK.
(b) The Daughters of the American Revolution.
(c) Unite the Right.
(d) The Girls Scouts of America.

13. What famous legend did the story in Wanger's Parsifal draw on?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Oedipus.

14. What is Ken Noda's ethnic background?
(a) Asian.
(b) Indian.
(c) African American.
(d) Mexican.

15. What kind of doctor does the Met employ to treat its singers?
(a) Cardiologist.
(b) Chiropractor.
(c) ENT.
(d) Psychologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ryan's friend's father remember Ryan leaving all around the house when he visited?

2. Which opera does Ryan make his Met debut with a part in?

3. Which club at school does Ryan join after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?

4. Where does Ryan attend graduate school?

5. What does Ryan sometimes do when he gets a bad sinus infection?

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