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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of church does Robert Brown attend?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Methodist.

2. Who is Ryan's aunt who is surprised when he expresses interest in opera?
(a) Yvette.
(b) Esther.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Deanna.

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

4. Who comforts Ryan when he gets the news at the Met that his father has died?
(a) James Levine.
(b) Carrie-Ann Matheson.
(c) Gayletha Nichols.
(d) Mark Oswald.

5. Who is Ryan's voice teacher in Chapter 13?
(a) Mark Oswald.
(b) Terrence Coleman.
(c) James Smith.
(d) Robert Redfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the special trainee program at the Met that Ryan is invited to audition for after he is a winner of the young singers' competition?

2. Where does Valerie move herself and Ryan after leaving the trailer park in Chapter 11?

3. Which black female singer performed operatic selections at Carnegie Hall in the 1890s?

4. Why does Adrian leave the home he was sharing with Valerie and Ryan in Chapter 9?

5. What new job has Valerie just gotten in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gayletha Nichols describes Ryan's appeal to other people in Chapter 14?

2. Why does Mr. Brown experience conflicted feelings about religion?

3. Why does Ryan's brother Adrian leave home?

4. What does Noda say is the greatest part of Ryan's appeal as a singer?

5. What does winning the Met's competition for young singers mean for a young singer's career?

6. What surprises Noda about Ryan's level of skill when he first starts working with Ryan?

7. What do Ryan's music teachers at the Governor's School think of his voice when they first hear him sing?

8. What kind of influence does Mr. Brown have on Ryan during his time teaching him?

9. Why does Ryan join the Latin club and deliberately start making friends with white students in school when he is released from the juvenile detention center?

10. What does Brian Zeger, who runs the Met's training program, say is the real strength of Ryan's voice?

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