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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the ways in which Adrian developed his talent as a child?
(a) Adrian watched cooking programs on television to learn how to cook.
(b) Adrian watched soccer on television constantly to learn new moves.
(c) Valerie signed Adrian up for singing lessons.
(d) Adrian watched a painting instruction program on PBS.

2. Which Virginia couple successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s?
(a) Barbara and Robert Finard.
(b) Kelly and Jonathan Smithfield.
(c) Mildred and Richard Loving.
(d) Margaret and James Redfield.

3. What store does Camille LaBarre take Ryan to to get clothes for the Met competition's final audition?
(a) Talbot's.
(b) Brooks Brothers.
(c) Men's Wearhouse.
(d) Bloomingdales.

4. Who is the conductor who works with Ryan at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) Austin Goolsbee.
(b) Patrick Summers.
(c) Patton Oswald.
(d) Larry Summers.

5. How does Ryan handle the visits from his mother at the juvenile detention center?
(a) He asks his mother to give custody of him to his father Cecil.
(b) The visits agitate him and seem to make him angrier.
(c) He can not wait to see his mother and is sad to see her go.
(d) He begs his mother to take him home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ryan's middle name?

2. Who is the famous opera singer Bergner mentions in Chapter 5 who had surgery to help her lose weight?

3. What kind of work did Cecil, Ryan's father, once perform?

4. Who is the announcer for the finals of the Met's young singers' contest?

5. Who comes to hear Ryan sing during the finals in the young singers' competition at the Met?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main reason Ryan has asked people to call him "Speedo" at different points in his life?

2. Why does Priscilla Jenkins treat Ryan with kindness and compassion in the DeJarnette Center, even as he treats her terribly?

3. Who is the juvenile detention center that Ryan is placed in in Chapter 7 named after?

4. What important task does Camille LaBarre help Ryan with before the second round of the Met's competition in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 5, what is the conductor, Patrick Summers, worried there might be too much of an emphasis on in opera these days?

6. Why does Valerie get so angry at Cecil when she flies home to her apartment after being stationed in Korea?

7. What does Gayletha Nichols' experience with the operatic arts entail?

8. When Ryan works with the conductor Patrick Summers in Chapter 5, how does their practice session go?

9. Why does Ryan like Arnold Schwarzenegger so much?

10. What does the pronunciation and vocal coach Carrie-Ann Matheson tell Ryan to do when he goes home that evening in Chapter 7 that will help him with his Italian pronunciation?

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