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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. Who is Ryan's voice teacher in Chapter 13?
(a) Terrence Coleman.
(b) Mark Oswald.
(c) Robert Redfield.
(d) James Smith.

2. Which is the song Ryan received the most applause from an audience for, ever?
(a) Ol' Man River.
(b) Dixie.
(c) Ragtime.
(d) Can't Stop That Feeling.

3. Where does Ryan attend graduate school?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Florida State University.
(c) Carnegie Mellon.
(d) Eastman School of Music.

4. What kind of church does Robert Brown attend?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Methodist.

5. What is the unique word Ryan's voice teacher uses to help him during his training?
(a) Place-inating.
(b) Place-resonating.
(c) Spacement.
(d) Poisement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous song is Ryan often asked to sing that he hates singing?

2. What was Ryan's second role in a Met opera?

3. How does Mr. Brown die?

4. Who is the singer Ryan is afraid of being compared to in Chapter 13?

5. What does Ryan's new Italian coach keep in his pocket?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ryan like spending time at his friend Jared Poulter's house in high school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 9, what effect does the black opera singer Eric Owens say race has on the career of opera singers?

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