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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ryan's voice teacher give up his own singing career?
(a) He had a car accident and never fully recovered.
(b) He struggled with drug addiction.
(c) He lost his voice and strained it too much.
(d) He was plagued with serious chronic health problems.

2. Why does Adrian leave the home he was sharing with Valerie and Ryan in Chapter 9?
(a) He has to go away for college.
(b) He gets angry and puts his fists through the wall of the house.
(c) He finds a new girlfriend and leaves to live with her.
(d) He is selling drugs.

3. Which is the song Ryan received the most applause from an audience for, ever?
(a) Ragtime.
(b) Can't Stop That Feeling.
(c) Dixie.
(d) Ol' Man River.

4. 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.

5. Who wrote the play The Emperor Jones?
(a) Neil Simon.
(b) Arthur Miller.
(c) Tennessee Williams.
(d) Eugene O'Neill.

6. What city was Ryan in on November 4, 2008, the night Barack Obama was elected president of the United States?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Tallahassee, Florida.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Washington, D.C.

7. What does Ryan compare the area where he and Valerie move in Chapter 11 to?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A river.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A crevasse.

8. Which famous opera singer does Ryan see perform when he goes to the Met for the first time?
(a) Kathleen Battle.
(b) Renee Fleming.
(c) Denyce Graves.
(d) Marian Anderson.

9. Why does Ryan run after the young man who uses a racial slur to describe Obama?
(a) He wants to find out where the man lives so he can report him to the college the man attends.
(b) He plans to beat the man.
(c) He plans to lead the police to the man.
(d) He is angry and wants to talk to the man.

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

11. What surprises Ryan about his mother when she visits him in New York in Chapter 15?
(a) She has gained a lot of weight.
(b) She seems to want to reconcile with him.
(c) She has lost a lot of weight.
(d) She seems weaker and somewhat ill.

12. What Italian art term does Zeger use to describe Ryan's voice?
(a) Sfumato.
(b) Fresco.
(c) Contrapposto.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

13. Which family members of Ryan's were in the audience to hear him sing in his first opera a the Met on opening night?
(a) No one.
(b) Cecil and Valerie.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Aunt Esther.

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

15. Where does Ryan get accepted to and attend college?
(a) The University of Scranton.
(b) The University of Hartford.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Oberlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of doctor does the Met employ to treat its singers?

2. Who invited Marian Anderson to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after she was barred from singing at Constitution Hall?

3. Where does Adrian eventually go after he leaves Valerie's house in Chapter 9?

4. Which black female singer performed operatic selections at Carnegie Hall in the 1890s?

5. What is Ryan's reaction when the Governor's School principal phones to tell him he as been accepted?

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