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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 13 - 16).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two days before Ryan is scheduled to be released from the detention center, what does he do to another child?
(a) Breaks his finger.
(b) Pours milk down his back.
(c) Beats him badly.
(d) Spits in his face.

2. What does Valerie do when she finds that Ryan and Adrian have hidden a wizard card game she forbade them from playing?
(a) Makes them pay her twice the value of the game.
(b) Grounds them.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Does not feed them for a few days.

3. Who calls Ryan to tell him his father has died?
(a) Valerie.
(b) Aunt Esther.
(c) Miss Lonna, Ryan's father's fiance.
(d) Adrian.

4. What does Mark Oswald think is one of Ryan's problems when he sings?
(a) Ryan sings much too softly sometimes.
(b) Ryan needs to be more physically animated when he sings.
(c) Ryan can not stay on pitch.
(d) Ryan gets a look of helplessness and fear when he hears a note coming out wrong.

5. Where does Valerie move herself and Ryan after leaving the trailer park in Chapter 11?
(a) To a low-income high-rise in Brooklyn.
(b) In with relatives until she gets back on her feet.
(c) To a homeless shelter in Virginia.
(d) To a little green shack outside of Norfolk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which opera does Ryan make his Met debut with a part in?

2. What happens when Ryan gets onstage for the first time in the Governor's School production of The Ballad of Baby Doe?

3. Who is the famous opera singer Bergner mentions in Chapter 5 who had surgery to help her lose weight?

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

5. What does Ryan do when he finds out he is a winner of the Met's competition for young singers?

(see the answer key)

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