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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 songs does Ryan sing for his audition for the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts?
(a) Ol' Man River.
(b) The Star-Spangled Banner.
(c) My Country Tis of Thee.
(d) Don Giovanni.

2. Why do Valerie's new neighbors across the street knock out her porch light bulb in Chapter 11?
(a) They are selling drugs and do not want any extra light in the area.
(b) They needed the light bulb for themselves.
(c) They have sensitive eyes and can not tolerate bright light.
(d) They did it by mistake.

3. Which Keats poem is Ryan recording a musical adaptation of in Chapter 14?
(a) She Walks in Beauty.
(b) I Am Somebody.
(c) Ode to a Grecian Urn.
(d) Ode to a Nightingale.

4. Which black female singer performed operatic selections at Carnegie Hall in the 1890s?
(a) Marian Anderson.
(b) Kathleen Battle.
(c) Denyce Graves.
(d) Sissieretta Jones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ryan get accepted to and attend college?

2. Who did Ryan say he voted for in the 2008 Presidential Election?

3. Who calls Ryan to tell him his father has died?

4. Who is Ryan's aunt who is surprised when he expresses interest in opera?

5. How does Mr. Brown die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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