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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the scars on the backs of Ryan's legs?
(a) He got scalded by bathwater as a child.
(b) He had been cut by one of his mother's boyfriend as a child.
(c) His brother Adrian put him on a hot grill as a child.
(d) He fell on a sharp knife as a child.

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

3. What kind of work did Cecil, Ryan's father, once perform?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Construction.
(d) Bodybuilding.

4. What was one of the ways in which Adrian developed his talent as a child?
(a) Adrian watched cooking programs on television to learn how to cook.
(b) Adrian watched soccer on television constantly to learn new moves.
(c) Valerie signed Adrian up for singing lessons.
(d) Adrian watched a painting instruction program on PBS.

5. 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 hand-held video game.
(b) A sketch pad.
(c) A small radio.
(d) A television of his own.

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

7. How did Cecil get his middle name of Speedo?
(a) It was a name that had been in the Green family for generations.
(b) The story was that Cecil was born very quickly.
(c) He was a very fast swimmer.
(d) His mother loved the Speedo swimsuits.

8. How does Valerie meet Cecil, Ryan's father?
(a) At college.
(b) Through a friend.
(c) At work.
(d) At a club in San Berardino.

9. What does Ryan struggle with the most as he works with the conductor at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Russian pronunciation.
(b) Singing loudly enough.
(c) Staying in tune.
(d) Italian pronunciation.

10. Which of the following was Adrian fascinated with as a child?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Dinosaurs.
(c) Trains.
(d) Cooking.

11. What was the name of the detention facility where Ryan was taken in Chapter 6?
(a) The Flambert Center.
(b) The DeJarnette Center.
(c) The Wright Center.
(d) The Bacon Center.

12. Who do Ryan and Adrian stay with when Valerie goes back to Korea?
(a) A cousin.
(b) They are put in foster care.
(c) Aunt Esther.
(d) Valerie's mother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the last singer's name announced who has moved on to the final round of the Met's young singers' competition?

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

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

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

5. Which Verdi opera does Ryan sing an aria from for his audition piece in the Met's young singers' competition?

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