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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which pronunciation coach does Ryan work with in Chapter 14?
(a) Jeffry Rees.
(b) John Jones.
(c) Hemdi Kfir.
(d) Carrie-Ann Matheson.

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

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

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

5. What famous song is Ryan often asked to sing that he hates singing?
(a) Ol' Man River.
(b) Someday.
(c) Love is a Wondrous Thing.
(d) God Bless America.

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

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

8. Who is the white student Ryan befriends in school and whose family Ryan spends a great deal of time with?
(a) Jared Poulter.
(b) Michael Dyson.
(c) Eric Flynn.
(d) James Evans.

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

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

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

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

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

14. How does Ryan's father die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) Of a stroke.
(c) Of a sudden heart attack.
(d) Of cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the legendary conductor at the Met who is involved in selecting singers for the Met's special training program?

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

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

4. Who is Ryan's new Italian coach in Chapter 15?

5. Who calls Ryan to tell him his father has died?

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