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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. Which of the following laws did DeJarnette advocate for the passage of?
(a) The Children's Rights Act.
(b) The Sterilization Act.
(c) The Landowner's Act.
(d) The Hatch Act.

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

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

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

5. What does Valerie claim changed her second husband for the worse?
(a) A bad reaction to a vitamin.
(b) An experience as a victim of a robbery.
(c) A deployment with the military overseas.
(d) A surgery he had.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adrian produce as part of his art projects?

2. Who is the woman Ryan calls a "white Hawaiian bitch" at the juvenile detention center?

3. What did one of the kind workers at the juvenile detention center do for Ryan that helped him?

4. What is the name of the character from the Verdi opera that Ryan plays in his audition for the Met's young singers' competition?

5. Who do Ryan and Adrian stay with when Valerie goes back to Korea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Ryan feel after he gives his father Cecil a tour of the Met in Chapter 7?

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