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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 did Cecil get his middle name of Speedo?
(a) His mother loved the Speedo swimsuits.
(b) The story was that Cecil was born very quickly.
(c) It was a name that had been in the Green family for generations.
(d) He was a very fast swimmer.

2. Which singer prefers to wear a form-fitting dress that the Met's fashion adviser does not like?
(a) Deanna.
(b) Molly.
(c) Anne.
(d) Michelle.

3. What did someone on the staff at the juvenile detention center give Ryan that he loved and he would lose if he lost control of his behavior?
(a) A hand-held video game.
(b) A sketch pad.
(c) A television of his own.
(d) A small radio.

4. What did Valerie find when she came home hastily from Korea?
(a) Ryan and Adrian were very ill.
(b) Valerie's mother was dying.
(c) Valerie's father needed to find a new job.
(d) Cecil was living with another woman and that woman's son in her apartment.

5. How old was Ryan when he was placed into juvenile detention in Virginia?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the conductor who works with Ryan at the start of Chapter 5?

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

3. Which famous rap star grew up in a high-rise complex next to the one Valerie, Ryan's mother, grew up in?

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

5. Which Verdi opera does Ryan sing an aria from for his audition piece in the Met's young singers' competition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the incident that leads to Ryan's time in the juvenile detention center when he is 12 years old?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Why does Ryan like Arnold Schwarzenegger so much?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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