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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 9 - 12).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that agitates Ryan very badly when he is at the juvenile detention center?
(a) A female child there follows Ryan around.
(b) The food is terrible.
(c) He is very homesick.
(d) The sheets are too itchy.

2. Why does Valerie quit the Air Force?
(a) She wants to advance further than they will let her.
(b) She is not getting paid enough.
(c) Her new husband forces her to resign.
(d) She asks for time off to spend with a sick child and they deny her the time.

3. Who is the contemporary black male opera singer Bernger interviews who says being black is a disadvantage when working in opera?
(a) Paul Robeson.
(b) James Brown.
(c) Eric Owens.
(d) Philippe Sly.

4. Who sat in on Ryan's practice session with the Met conductor in Chapter 5?
(a) Gayletha Nichols.
(b) Camille LaBarre.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Cecil.

5. What does the conductor suggest that Ryan must do by the end of the day in Chapter 5?
(a) Get his sinuses professionally cleared out.
(b) Go for a run to clear his head.
(c) Have a massage.
(d) Get a session with an Italian coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ryan handle the visits from his mother at the juvenile detention center?

2. Who invited Marian Anderson to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after she was barred from singing at Constitution Hall?

3. What kind of church does Robert Brown attend?

4. What is the name of the character from the Verdi opera that Ryan plays in his audition for the Met's young singers' competition?

5. What does Valerie do when she finds that Ryan and Adrian have hidden a wizard card game she forbade them from playing?

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