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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. How old is Ryan in 2011 when he enters the Met's competition?
(a) 24.
(b) 40.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

2. What causes Ryan to have an allergic reaction as a child?
(a) Cat hair.
(b) A bee sting.
(c) A vaccination that contained eggs, which he had an allergy to.
(d) Peanut butter.

3. Who comes to hear Ryan sing during the finals in the young singers' competition at the Met?
(a) Robert.
(b) Irene.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Adrian.

4. 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) Valerie signed Adrian up for singing lessons.
(c) Adrian watched soccer on television constantly to learn new moves.
(d) Adrian watched a painting instruction program on PBS.

5. Who is the Italian coach Ryan works with in Chapter 7?
(a) Patrick Summers.
(b) Ed Oswald.
(c) Ken Noda.
(d) Carrie-Ann Matheson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one problem Ryan experiences in buying formal clothes?

2. How does Valerie's older brother die?

3. What caused the scars on the backs of Ryan's legs?

4. Why does Valerie leave her post in Korea to come quickly back to the USA?

5. What occurs that leads to Ryan's placement in the juvenile detention center in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Ryan and Adrian remember their mother Valerie's relationship with Barry?

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

4. Why does Ryan like Arnold Schwarzenegger so much?

5. Why does Valerie still seem bitter about the way Cecil proposed to her?

6. In Chapter 1, why is Banquo's aria from Verdi's opera Macbeth a meaningful audition piece for Ryan?

7. In Chapter 3, what problem does Camille Labarre have with Michelle's first dress that she chooses to perform in for the Met Competition?

8. In Chapter 6, what are some of the negative impacts of Valerie's religious beliefs on Ryan and Adrian as they grow up?

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

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

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