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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Adrian very good at as a child?
(a) Playing soccer.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Singing.

2. Which of the following laws did DeJarnette advocate for the passage of?
(a) The Landowner's Act.
(b) The Hatch Act.
(c) The Sterilization Act.
(d) The Children's Rights Act.

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

4. Which Virginia couple successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s?
(a) Barbara and Robert Finard.
(b) Margaret and James Redfield.
(c) Kelly and Jonathan Smithfield.
(d) Mildred and Richard Loving.

5. What important leader does Ryan's elementary school teacher introduce him to?
(a) Ghandi.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) President Kennedy.

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

7. Why do opera singers sometimes eat bananas before performing or auditioning?
(a) They are known to make a voice louder.
(b) They are good for soothing the throat.
(c) The nutritionist on staff recommends them.
(d) The potassium is supposed to keep shaking from nerves and adrenaline under control.

8. What does Ryan do on his first day in the class for students with behavioral problems in elementary school?
(a) Sings for the class.
(b) Impresses the teacher with his reading skills.
(c) Throws his desk at the teacher.
(d) Throws a chair through the window.

9. What did Adrian produce as part of his art projects?
(a) A portfolio of work he used to apply for college.
(b) Many large sketch books full of all different kinds of collages.
(c) Drawings of dinosaurs that he made into dozens of scrolls.
(d) A room full of charcoal drawings.

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

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

12. What does Ryan do when he finds out he is a winner of the Met's competition for young singers?
(a) Hugs his mother.
(b) Faints.
(c) Dances in the wings before walking onstage.
(d) Tears his tie off his neck in joy.

13. What book does Ryan especially enjoy from his elementary school years?
(a) A Wrinkle in Time.
(b) The Chronicles of Narnia.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Maniac Magee.

14. Which actor does Ryan like because he watched his movies with Cecil?
(a) Denzel Washington.
(b) Sylvester Stallone.
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(d) Tom Hanks.

15. How does Valerie's older brother die?
(a) He died of AIDS.
(b) He died of cancer.
(c) He died in a robbery.
(d) He died of a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Ryan to have an allergic reaction as a child?

2. What is the name of the plaza where the New York Metropolitan Opera House is located?

3. What occurs that leads to Ryan's placement in the juvenile detention center in Chapter 6?

4. What text does Ryan's mother Valerie follow closely as part of her processing of finding God?

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

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