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

2. How does Mr. Brown die?
(a) Stroke.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Cancer.

3. What does Ryan sometimes do when he gets a bad sinus infection?
(a) Visit an ENT specialist to get his sinuses suctioned out.
(b) Stay in bed for days at a time.
(c) Use his very expensive humidifier.
(d) Go to a doctor to get antibiotics.

4. Which Verdi opera does Ryan sing an aria from for his audition piece in the Met's young singers' competition?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Othello.
(c) Don Giovanni.
(d) King Lear.

5. What Italian art term does Zeger use to describe Ryan's voice?
(a) Contrapposto.
(b) Sfumato.
(c) Fresco.
(d) Chiaroscuro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the song Ryan received the most applause from an audience for, ever?

2. Who is the woman Ryan calls a "white Hawaiian bitch" at the juvenile detention center?

3. What did Adrian produce as part of his art projects?

4. What is one thing that agitates Ryan very badly when he is at the juvenile detention center?

5. What is Ken Noda's ethnic background?

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