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

2. Where did Mr. Brown take Ryan to buy clothes sometimes?
(a) Nordstrom's.
(b) Walmart.
(c) Kmart.
(d) Lord and Taylor.

3. Who is the legendary conductor at the Met who is involved in selecting singers for the Met's special training program?
(a) James Levine.
(b) Paul Robeson.
(c) Eric Oswald
(d) David Robertson.

4. What derogatory name did Ryan's classmates at school sometimes call him?
(a) Faker.
(b) Poser.
(c) Oreo.
(d) Imposter.

5. In what year did Marian Anderson sing at the Met for the first time?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecil do for Ryan's colleagues after they perform in Chapter 12?

2. What is Ryan's reaction when the Governor's School principal phones to tell him he as been accepted?

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

4. Which opera does Ryan see on his first visit to the Met as a high school student?

5. What kind of doctor does the Met employ to treat its singers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 11, how does Ryan's budding relationship with the red-headed soprano work out?

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

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

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