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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. Which teacher at Governor's School takes Ryan under his wing and helps turn him into a very good singer?
(a) Mr. Robert Brown Jr.
(b) Jeremy Johns.
(c) Alan Fischer.
(d) Paul Robeson.

2. What is the unique word Ryan's voice teacher uses to help him during his training?
(a) Poisement.
(b) Place-inating.
(c) Place-resonating.
(d) Spacement.

3. 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.

4. Who is the legendary conductor at the Met who is involved in selecting singers for the Met's special training program?
(a) Eric Oswald
(b) James Levine.
(c) Paul Robeson.
(d) David Robertson.

5. Who did Ryan say he voted for in the 2008 Presidential Election?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) John McCain.
(c) Jeb Bush.
(d) Barack Obama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which pronunciation coach does Ryan work with in Chapter 14?

2. Which Keats poem is Ryan recording a musical adaptation of in Chapter 14?

3. What instrument does Zeger say Ryan has to make his voice more like?

4. Who is Ryan's aunt who is surprised when he expresses interest in opera?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, why is Ryan afraid he may become like the singer Terrence Coleman?

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

3. What happens to Ryan on the night of November 4, 2008, when Barack Obama is elected president?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Ryan like spending time at his friend Jared Poulter's house in high school?

9. In Chapter 11, how does Ryan's budding relationship with the red-headed soprano work out?

10. In Chapter 9, what effect does the black opera singer Eric Owens say race has on the career of opera singers?

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