2. What did someone on the staff at the juvenile detention center give Ryan that he loved and he would lose if he lost control of his behavior?
(a) A television of his own.
(b) A hand-held video game.
(c) A sketch pad.
(d) A small radio.

3. What causes Ryan to have an allergic reaction as a child?
(a) A vaccination that contained eggs, which he had an allergy to.
(b) Cat hair.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) A bee sting.

4. What does Ryan wait for from his father as a child?
(a) Ryan waits for his father's old movie collection in the mail.
(b) Ryan waits for his father to send him money he had promised to send.
(c) Ryan waits for his father's books in the mail.
(d) Ryan waits for boxes of things his father had promised to send Ryan, but never does.

5. What did all the female finalists in the Met's young singers' competition look like physically?
(a) Very tall.
(b) Very short.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Slim and pretty.

6. 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) Banquo.
(b) Iago.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Tybalt.

7. What store does Camille LaBarre take Ryan to to get clothes for the Met competition's final audition?
(a) Men's Wearhouse.
(b) Brooks Brothers.
(c) Talbot's.
(d) Bloomingdales.

8. What is Ryan's middle name?
(a) Francis.
(b) Speedo.
(c) Giles.
(d) Robert.

9. What does Ryan most like to do at the juvenile detention center?
(a) Read.
(b) Play football.
(c) Talk to the other children there.
(d) Play Nintendo games.

10. Who is the teacher Ryan adores from his elementary school years?
(a) Mrs. Hughes.
(b) Mr. Levine.
(c) Mr. Noda.
(d) Mrs. Fischer.

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

12. In their last practice session before the Met competition final in Chapter 7, what does the conductor tell Ryan he is doing wrong?
(a) Not being expressive enough.
(b) Coming in at the wrong place in the music.
(c) Singing notes that are not in the score.
(d) Singing too softly.

13. How old is Ryan in 2011 when he enters the Met's competition?
(a) 24.
(b) 15.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

14. What does Valerie accuse her second husband of doing?
(a) Cutting her brakes on her car.
(b) Cheating on her.
(c) Stealing money from their account.
(d) Sabotaging her career as an insurance salesperson because she made more money than he did.

15. 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) Have a massage.
(c) Go for a run to clear his head.
(d) Get a session with an Italian coach.