2. Which television show does Ryan find solace and meaning in after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) Seinfeld.
(b) ER.
(c) Family Ties.
(d) The Wire.

3. What does Cecil do for Ryan's colleagues after they perform in Chapter 12?
(a) He regales them with stories and jokes about his early career.
(b) He takes them gambling at the casino.
(c) He sings for them.
(d) He feeds them with food he has leftover from a barbecue festival he cooked at earlier in the day.

4. Which opera does Ryan make his Met debut with a part in?
(a) Madame Butterfly.
(b) Turandot.
(c) Othello.
(d) Don Giovanni.

5. What derogatory name did Ryan's classmates at school sometimes call him?
(a) Poser.
(b) Imposter.
(c) Faker.
(d) Oreo.

6. Who is Ryan's new Italian coach in Chapter 15?
(a) Bob Cowart.
(b) Camille LaBarre.
(c) Paul Smith.
(d) Rob Jameson.

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

8. Who is the accompanist Ryan meets in Chapter 12 who was once a child prodigy on the piano?
(a) Ken Noda.
(b) James Levine.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) James Robeson.

9. What does Greg, Ryan's half-brother, tell him about Cecil?
(a) That Cecil had not really wanted to marry Lonna.
(b) That Cecil had told Greg he hoped Ryan would forgive him for not being there as Ryan grew up.
(c) That Cecil had not believed Ryan was his biological son.
(d) That Cecil had money he wanted Ryan to have.

10. Which club at school does Ryan join after he is released from the DeJarnette Center?
(a) Chess.
(b) Math.
(c) Latin.
(d) Science.

11. What surprises Ryan about his mother when she visits him in New York in Chapter 15?
(a) She seems weaker and somewhat ill.
(b) She has gained a lot of weight.
(c) She seems to want to reconcile with him.
(d) She has lost a lot of weight.

12. Who invited Marian Anderson to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after she was barred from singing at Constitution Hall?
(a) Camille LaBarre.
(b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Nellie Bly.

13. What does Ryan's voice teacher, Mark Oswald, ask him to do to help improve his sound in Chapter 14?
(a) Look at himself in the mirror.
(b) Stick his head out the window for fresh air.
(c) Lie under the piano.
(d) Blow his nose.

14. Where does Ryan take a trip with his father in Chapter 12?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) San Francisco, California.
(c) Central City, Colorado.
(d) Tempe, Arizona.

15. Who calls Ryan to tell him his father has died?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Aunt Esther.
(c) Miss Lonna, Ryan's father's fiance.
(d) Valerie.