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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. Why does Ryan stop seeing the red-headed girl he meets in the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Her grandparents forbid her to see Ryan because Ryan is black.
(b) He can not afford the gas to go back and forth to her house.
(c) She cheats on him.
(d) She moves away for college.

2. Who is the accompanist Ryan meets in Chapter 12 who was once a child prodigy on the piano?
(a) Ken Noda.
(b) Richard Wright.
(c) James Levine.
(d) James Robeson.

3. Why does Ryan initially start taking chorus class in high school?
(a) Ryan always loved singing, so it was a natural choice.
(b) Mrs. Hughes suggests it.
(c) His mother makes him take it.
(d) His football coach suggests it as an easy credit.

4. What does Ryan's new Italian coach keep in his pocket?
(a) A note from his mother.
(b) A drawing of the surfaces of the bones in the head.
(c) A picture of his daughter.
(d) A precious ring.

5. What is Ken Noda's ethnic background?
(a) African American.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Indian.
(d) Asian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ryan's voice teacher, Mark Oswald, ask him to do to help improve his sound in Chapter 14?

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

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

5. Which club at school does Ryan join after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What surprises Noda about Ryan's level of skill when he first starts working with Ryan?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Ryan's family very surprised when they hear he is seriously interested in opera?

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

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

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