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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which Virginia couple successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s?
2. What kind of work did Cecil, Ryan's father, once perform?
3. What text does Ryan's mother Valerie follow closely as part of her processing of finding God?
4. Who sat in on Ryan's practice session with the Met conductor in Chapter 5?
5. Who do Ryan and Adrian stay with when Valerie goes back to Korea?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, what does Bernger note about the appearance of the three women who were picked for the Met's young singers' competition final round?
2. What does the pronunciation and vocal coach Carrie-Ann Matheson tell Ryan to do when he goes home that evening in Chapter 7 that will help him with his Italian pronunciation?
3. What is the main reason Ryan has asked people to call him "Speedo" at different points in his life?
4. In Chapter 6, what are some of the negative impacts of Valerie's religious beliefs on Ryan and Adrian as they grow up?
5. What is the incident that leads to Ryan's time in the juvenile detention center when he is 12 years old?
6. In Chapter 5, what is the conductor, Patrick Summers, worried there might be too much of an emphasis on in opera these days?
7. How does Ryan's second practice session with Patrick Summers go in Chapter 7, after he has worked with the pronunciation coach?
8. Why does Valerie still seem bitter about the way Cecil proposed to her?
9. Why does Valerie get so angry at Cecil when she flies home to her apartment after being stationed in Korea?
10. How does Ryan feel after he gives his father Cecil a tour of the Met in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although Ryan befriends his fellow singer and competitor Philippe during the Met's contest, he becomes more and more aware of the gulf in the backgrounds and confidence. Write an essay comparing and contrasting Ryan's and Philippe's experiences and how their backgrounds seem to affect each singer's attitudes towards the Met's competition.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 11, When Valerie and Ryan move to the small green shack across from the drug dealers' house, just outside of Norfolk, Virginia, Valerie navigates their dangerous new situation with enough skill so that no harm comes to either of them. Later, Ryan finds it hard to reconcile his mother's failing health with the person she was when she went up against the drug dealers. Write an essay analyzing the conflicting feelings Ryan seems to have about his relationship with his mother at the end of the book.
Essay Topic 3
At several different points in Ryan's career, he is drawn to compositions that deal with emotional situations and issues that resonate directly with him because of his own experience. Select one specific piece of music that Ryan has a special, significant connection with because of his own experiences and write an essay analyzing that connection, using specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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