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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 17 - 19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the character from the Verdi opera that Ryan plays in his audition for the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) Tybalt.
(b) Banquo.
(c) Iago.
(d) King Lear.

2. What does Ryan's grandmother, who is suffering from dementia in Chapter 10, call him?
(a) Honey.
(b) Little Ry.
(c) Genius.
(d) Boo-Bear.

3. Who is Ryan's new Italian coach in Chapter 15?
(a) Camille LaBarre.
(b) Bob Cowart.
(c) Rob Jameson.
(d) Paul Smith.

4. How does Ryan handle the visits from his mother at the juvenile detention center?
(a) He asks his mother to give custody of him to his father Cecil.
(b) He begs his mother to take him home.
(c) The visits agitate him and seem to make him angrier.
(d) He can not wait to see his mother and is sad to see her go.

5. What does Valerie tell Bergner about her life that she never told Ryan or Adrian?
(a) That she had attempted to kill herself.
(b) That she was dyslexic.
(c) That she had lost a baby once.
(d) That she had suffered from breast cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first Opera Ryan sings in Vienna?

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

3. Which musical does Ryan perform in in high school that makes his mother weep in the audience?

4. What does Greg, Ryan's half-brother, tell him about Cecil?

5. Who is the announcer for the finals of the Met's young singers' contest?

(see the answer key)

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