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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. What does Ryan tell Mr. Brown as they leave the Met from his high school field trip?
2. Which teacher at Governor's School takes Ryan under his wing and helps turn him into a very good singer?
3. Who is the white student Ryan befriends in school and whose family Ryan spends a great deal of time with?
4. What was Ryan's second role in a Met opera?
5. What Italian art term does Zeger use to describe Ryan's voice?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Ryan first settle on the idea that he would like to sing at the Met someday?
2. What happens to Ryan on the night of November 4, 2008, when Barack Obama is elected president?
3. Why does Mr. Brown experience conflicted feelings about religion?
4. What is the personal connection that helps Ryan get into the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts?
5. Why does Ryan join the Latin club and deliberately start making friends with white students in school when he is released from the juvenile detention center?
6. Why is Ryan's family very surprised when they hear he is seriously interested in opera?
7. Why did the child piano prodigy Ken Noda abruptly stop performing piano concerts?
8. Why does it bother Ryan so much when people ask him to sing the song Ol' Man River?
9. Why did the famous opera singer Marian Anderson perform a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939?
10. What does winning the Met's competition for young singers mean for a young singer's career?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ryan's mother, Valerie, was offered the opportunity for a promising career in the military, but this did not come to fruition. Write an essay analyzing how Valerie's life took some turns toward the worst and how her life's path affected Ryan.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay analyzing how Ryan's relationship with his brother Adrian changed from childhood, through adolescence, and into adulthood. Make sure to cite specific examples from the text in your answer.
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