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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 get accepted to and attend college?
(a) The University of Hartford.
(b) The University of Scranton.
(c) Oberlin.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.

2. Which television show does Ryan find solace and meaning in after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) ER.
(b) Family Ties.
(c) The Wire.
(d) Seinfeld.

3. Where does Adrian eventually go after he leaves Valerie's house in Chapter 9?
(a) To live with his father, Cecil, in California.
(b) To live at a girlfriend's house.
(c) To live with his aunt Esther.
(d) To live at the house of one of his football teammates.

4. How does Mr. Brown die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) AIDS.

5. How does Ryan's father die?
(a) Of a sudden heart attack.
(b) Of cancer.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) Of a stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ryan tell Mr. Brown as they leave the Met from his high school field trip?

2. Where does Ryan attend graduate school?

3. What does Ryan's friend's father remember Ryan leaving all around the house when he visited?

4. What happens when Ryan gets onstage for the first time in the Governor's School production of The Ballad of Baby Doe?

5. Which famous opera singer does Ryan see perform when he goes to the Met for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Noda say is the greatest part of Ryan's appeal as a singer?

2. What does Brian Zeger, who runs the Met's training program, say is the real strength of Ryan's voice?

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

4. Why does Ryan's brother Adrian leave home?

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

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

7. What does winning the Met's competition for young singers mean for a young singer's career?

8. In Chapter 13, what does Ken Noda tell Ryan about how he will be judged as a singer because of his race?

9. What is the personal connection that helps Ryan get into the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts?

10. Why does Ryan join the Latin club and deliberately start making friends with white students in school when he is released from the juvenile detention center?

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