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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 is the name of the character from the Verdi opera that Ryan plays in his audition for the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) Tybalt.
(b) Iago.
(c) Banquo.
(d) King Lear.

2. Which Verdi opera does Ryan sing an aria from for his audition piece in the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Othello.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Don Giovanni.

3. What does Ryan struggle with the most as he works with the conductor at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Italian pronunciation.
(b) Singing loudly enough.
(c) Russian pronunciation.
(d) Staying in tune.

4. Who called Ryan to check on him and speak with him while he was in the juvenile detention facility?
(a) Patrick Summers.
(b) Mrs. Hughes.
(c) Mr. Fischer.
(d) Mr. Brown.

5. Which actor does Ryan like because he watched his movies with Cecil?
(a) Denzel Washington.
(b) Sylvester Stallone.
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(d) Tom Hanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which singer prefers to wear a form-fitting dress that the Met's fashion adviser does not like?

2. What is Valerie's relationship with her second husband like?

3. What does Valerie do when she finds that Ryan and Adrian have hidden a wizard card game she forbade them from playing?

4. Where does Valerie find work after leaving the Air Force?

5. What was the name of the detention facility where Ryan was taken in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ryan remember his brother Adrian being really good at as a child, and why was the effect of Adrian's talent on their lives?

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

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

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

5. Why does Ryan like Arnold Schwarzenegger so much?

6. In Chapter 7, what is Ryan worried is contributing to his difficulties with Italian pronunciation?

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

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

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

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

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