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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 kind of doctor does the Met employ to treat its singers?
2. Which pronunciation coach does Ryan work with in Chapter 14?
3. Who is Ryan's aunt who is surprised when he expresses interest in opera?
4. Who is the white student Ryan befriends in school and whose family Ryan spends a great deal of time with?
5. What does Ryan tell Adrian shortly after their father's funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gayletha Nichols describes Ryan's appeal to other people in Chapter 14?
2. 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?
3. What happens to Ryan on the night of November 4, 2008, when Barack Obama is elected president?
4. Why does Ryan like spending time at his friend Jared Poulter's house in high school?
5. Why did the child piano prodigy Ken Noda abruptly stop performing piano concerts?
6. What does winning the Met's competition for young singers mean for a young singer's career?
7. In Chapter 13, why is Ryan afraid he may become like the singer Terrence Coleman?
8. Why does Mr. Brown experience conflicted feelings about religion?
9. Why is Ryan's family very surprised when they hear he is seriously interested in opera?
10. Why does Ryan's brother Adrian leave home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Ryan's family is perplexed when they realize he is serious about studying opera, to the point that his aunt Esther says "Isn't that a white thing?" (118). Write an essay analyzing the reasons Bergner puts forward explaining why black opera singers are still facing a more difficult road in building successful careers at the highest levels of opera.
Essay Topic 3
How does the experience of being repeatedly put into isolation, or solitary confinement, for regular periods of time at age 12 at the DeJarnette Center affect Ryan? Write an essay explaining your answer, using specific references to the text to support your answer.
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