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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Ryan gets onstage for the first time in the Governor's School production of The Ballad of Baby Doe?
(a) He forgets his one line.
(b) He falls off the stage.
(c) He faints.
(d) He stuns the crowd with his amazing voice.

5. What does Ryan's voice teacher, Mark Oswald, ask him to do to help improve his sound in Chapter 14?
(a) Blow his nose.
(b) Lie under the piano.
(c) Stick his head out the window for fresh air.
(d) Look at himself in the mirror.

6. What kind of church does Robert Brown attend?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Episcopalian.

7. What sport do both Ryan and Adrian play in high school?
(a) Squash.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Football.
(d) Soccer.

8. Who is the accompanist Ryan meets in Chapter 12 who was once a child prodigy on the piano?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) James Levine.
(c) James Robeson.
(d) Ken Noda.

9. What does Ryan's new Italian coach keep in his pocket?
(a) A note from his mother.
(b) A picture of his daughter.
(c) A drawing of the surfaces of the bones in the head.
(d) A precious ring.

10. Which club at school does Ryan join after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) Science.
(b) Chess.
(c) Latin.
(d) Math.

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

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

13. What does Ryan's grandmother, who is suffering from dementia in Chapter 10, call him?
(a) Little Ry.
(b) Genius.
(c) Honey.
(d) Boo-Bear.

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

15. What does Ryan's friend's father remember Ryan leaving all around the house when he visited?
(a) Food.
(b) Twisted-up napkins.
(c) Hairpins.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the song Ryan received the most applause from an audience for, ever?

2. Which popular black male singer was passed over for a role in the Met's production of The Emperor Jones in the 1930s?

3. What is the unique word Ryan's voice teacher uses to help him during his training?

4. What Italian art term does Zeger use to describe Ryan's voice?

5. Who is the principal of the Governor's School when Ryan auditions in Chapter 10?

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