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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. Where does Ryan's mother take him for his birthday in Chapter 10?
(a) A shooting range.
(b) The Met.
(c) The Tilted Kilt.
(d) Hooters.

2. Why does Adrian leave the home he was sharing with Valerie and Ryan in Chapter 9?
(a) He gets angry and puts his fists through the wall of the house.
(b) He has to go away for college.
(c) He is selling drugs.
(d) He finds a new girlfriend and leaves to live with her.

3. What city was Ryan in on November 4, 2008, the night Barack Obama was elected president of the United States?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Tallahassee, Florida.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

4. Who comforts Ryan when he gets the news at the Met that his father has died?
(a) Carrie-Ann Matheson.
(b) James Levine.
(c) Mark Oswald.
(d) Gayletha Nichols.

5. What is Ryan's reaction when the Governor's School principal phones to tell him he as been accepted?
(a) He is angry.
(b) His is elated.
(c) He is dumbfounded.
(d) He is suspicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invited Marian Anderson to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after she was barred from singing at Constitution Hall?

2. What derogatory name did Ryan's classmates at school sometimes call him?

3. What is the name of the special trainee program at the Met that Ryan is invited to audition for after he is a winner of the young singers' competition?

4. Which teacher at Governor's School takes Ryan under his wing and helps turn him into a very good singer?

5. What is the unique word Ryan's voice teacher uses to help him during his training?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Ryan first settle on the idea that he would like to sing at the Met someday?

2. What do Ryan's music teachers at the Governor's School think of his voice when they first hear him sing?

3. What kind of influence does Mr. Brown have on Ryan during his time teaching him?

4. Why did the famous opera singer Marian Anderson perform a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939?

5. What happens to Ryan on the night of November 4, 2008, when Barack Obama is elected president?

6. Why did the child piano prodigy Ken Noda abruptly stop performing piano concerts?

7. Why does Mr. Brown experience conflicted feelings about religion?

8. How does Gayletha Nichols describes Ryan's appeal to other people in Chapter 14?

9. What was wrong with the area that Valerie and Ryan move to, the little green shack, in a town outside of Norfolk?

10. In Chapter 13, why is Ryan afraid he may become like the singer Terrence Coleman?

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