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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(b) Nellie Bly.
(c) Camille LaBarre.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

3. 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) Look at himself in the mirror.
(c) Lie under the piano.
(d) Stick his head out the window for fresh air.

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

5. What does Cecil do for Ryan's colleagues after they perform in Chapter 12?
(a) He feeds them with food he has leftover from a barbecue festival he cooked at earlier in the day.
(b) He sings for them.
(c) He regales them with stories and jokes about his early career.
(d) He takes them gambling at the casino.

6. What is Ryan's reaction when the Governor's School principal phones to tell him he as been accepted?
(a) He is suspicious.
(b) He is dumbfounded.
(c) He is angry.
(d) His is elated.

7. 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.

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

9. Where does Ryan attend graduate school?
(a) Eastman School of Music.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Carnegie Mellon.
(d) Florida State University.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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 LaBarre program.
(b) The Weinberg program.
(c) The Flament program.
(d) The Lindemann program.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people sometimes have trouble classifying Ryan's voice?

2. What was Ryan's second role in a Met opera?

3. What surprises Ryan about his mother when she visits him in New York in Chapter 15?

4. Which teacher at Governor's School takes Ryan under his wing and helps turn him into a very good singer?

5. What does Mark Oswald think is one of Ryan's problems when he sings?

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