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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mark Oswald think is one of Ryan's problems when he sings?
(a) Ryan sings much too softly sometimes.
(b) Ryan needs to be more physically animated when he sings.
(c) Ryan gets a look of helplessness and fear when he hears a note coming out wrong.
(d) Ryan can not stay on pitch.

2. Where does Ryan travel for his father's funeral?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Sioux City, Iowa.
(c) Norfolk, Virginia.
(d) Bakersfield, California.

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

4. What is the name of the special trainee program at the Met that Ryan is invited to audition for after he is a winner of the young singers' competition?
(a) The Weinberg program.
(b) The LaBarre program.
(c) The Flament program.
(d) The Lindemann program.

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

6. Where does Ryan's mother take him for his birthday in Chapter 10?
(a) A shooting range.
(b) The Met.
(c) The Tilted Kilt.
(d) Hooters.

7. Who is the singer Ryan is afraid of being compared to in Chapter 13?
(a) Mark Graves.
(b) James Ruddington.
(c) Paul Robeson.
(d) Terrence Coleman.

8. How does Mr. Brown die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Heart attack.

9. What new job has Valerie just gotten in Chapter 15?
(a) She is a dispatcher with the Navy.
(b) She is a cook at a diner.
(c) She is an Air Force recruiter.
(d) She is an administrative assistant at a dentist's office.

10. Which composer's work does Ken Noda suggest Ryan try singing in Chapter 15?
(a) Verdi.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Puccini.
(d) Mahler.

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

12. Who is the legendary conductor at the Met who is involved in selecting singers for the Met's special training program?
(a) David Robertson.
(b) Eric Oswald
(c) Paul Robeson.
(d) James Levine.

13. Why does Ryan initially start taking chorus class in high school?
(a) His football coach suggests it as an easy credit.
(b) Ryan always loved singing, so it was a natural choice.
(c) His mother makes him take it.
(d) Mrs. Hughes suggests it.

14. Where does Valerie move herself and Ryan after leaving the trailer park in Chapter 11?
(a) To a little green shack outside of Norfolk.
(b) To a homeless shelter in Virginia.
(c) In with relatives until she gets back on her feet.
(d) To a low-income high-rise in Brooklyn.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Ryan gets onstage for the first time in the Governor's School production of The Ballad of Baby Doe?

3. Where did Mr. Brown take Ryan to buy clothes sometimes?

4. Where does Ryan take a trip with his father in Chapter 12?

5. What does Ryan's grandmother, who is suffering from dementia in Chapter 10, call him?

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