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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 gets a look of helplessness and fear when he hears a note coming out wrong.
(b) Ryan needs to be more physically animated when he sings.
(c) Ryan can not stay on pitch.
(d) Ryan sings much too softly sometimes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Aunt Esther.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Cecil and Valerie.
(d) No one.

9. Which opera does Ryan see on his first visit to the Met as a high school student?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) Madame Butterfly.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Macbeth.

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

11. What does Ryan tell Adrian shortly after their father's funeral?
(a) That he wants to pay for Adrian to come to live in New York.
(b) That he and Adrian need to take better care of their mother Valerie.
(c) That he does not want to see Adrian any more.
(d) That he would like for them to be in closer contact.

12. Why do Valerie's new neighbors across the street knock out her porch light bulb in Chapter 11?
(a) They have sensitive eyes and can not tolerate bright light.
(b) They needed the light bulb for themselves.
(c) They did it by mistake.
(d) They are selling drugs and do not want any extra light in the area.

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

14. What does Ryan sometimes do when he gets a bad sinus infection?
(a) Visit an ENT specialist to get his sinuses suctioned out.
(b) Go to a doctor to get antibiotics.
(c) Use his very expensive humidifier.
(d) Stay in bed for days at a time.

15. Which musical does Ryan perform in in high school that makes his mother weep in the audience?
(a) Camelot.
(b) Porgy and Bess.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Showboat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ryan's voice teacher in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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