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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39 to 51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Li'l Buddy not play much as a child?
(a) He spent his time reading adventure novels.
(b) He preferred the company of the older folks.
(c) Big Mama gave him so many chores.
(d) He spent every free moment fishing.

2. What did Denver bring to Mr. Ballantine in the hospital?
(a) Comic books.
(b) Letters from home.
(c) Cigarettes and food.
(d) Beer.

3. At which facility did Dr. Goldstein work?
(a) Cedars-Sinai.
(b) Baylor University.
(c) Texas A&M.
(d) Johns Hopkins.

4. In what unusual place did Denver pray all night?
(a) By the dumpster.
(b) At Starbucks.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) Up in a tree.

5. After three years of hard work and debt due to sharecropping, what did Uncle James do?
(a) He became the Man.
(b) He became homeless on the streets of Fort Worth.
(c) He moved into a mission and helped in exchange for room and board.
(d) He moved to a plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what social class was Ron a member while growing up?

2. Which members of Li'l Buddy's family died when they were trapped in the house?

3. To what danger did the family pet alert Li'l Buddy?

4. In Chapter 13, Denver looked back on life as a sharecropper. How did he feel at age 18 in a 2-room shack with a bed, table, stove and an outhouse?

5. What was "Manna" to Denver?

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