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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 does Ryan most like to do at the juvenile detention center?
(a) Play Nintendo games.
(b) Play football.
(c) Read.
(d) Talk to the other children there.

2. What is one problem Ryan experiences in buying formal clothes?
(a) He wants to find clothes to make him look taller.
(b) He is unusually large and it can be hard to find things in his size.
(c) He wears bright colors that are hard to find.
(d) He will only wear silk and silk is very expensive.

3. What does the conductor suggest that Ryan must do by the end of the day in Chapter 5?
(a) Go for a run to clear his head.
(b) Get his sinuses professionally cleared out.
(c) Get a session with an Italian coach.
(d) Have a massage.

4. Who is the woman Ryan calls a "white Hawaiian bitch" at the juvenile detention center?
(a) Jennifer Reynolds.
(b) Priscilla Jenkins.
(c) Yvette Wyatt.
(d) Bette Hughes.

5. What is one thing that agitates Ryan very badly when he is at the juvenile detention center?
(a) A female child there follows Ryan around.
(b) He is very homesick.
(c) The food is terrible.
(d) The sheets are too itchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person in charge of helping the Met contestants with their clothing for the final auditions?

2. How old is Ryan in 2011 when he enters the Met's competition?

3. What branch of the military did Valerie serve in?

4. What does Valerie tell Bergner about her life that she never told Ryan or Adrian?

5. What was one of the ways in which Adrian developed his talent as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was one of the most damaging and memorable punishments Ryan remembers from the DeJarnette Center?

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

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

5. What is the major difference between Ryan and his fellow singer and competitor, Philippe?

6. What law that Dr. DeJarnette was instrumental in passing was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s?

7. Why does Valerie, Ryan's mother, tell Bergner she passed up the opportunity to attend the Air Force Academy?

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

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

10. What does Valerie tell Bergner about the lowest point in her life that she thinks her two boys are unaware of?

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