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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 to 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Denver's father die?
(a) He died of alcohol poisoning.
(b) He was dragged to death behind a horse.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He was stabbed to death.

2. How did the white boys who attacked Denver nearly kill him?
(a) They beat him with baseball bats.
(b) They roped his neck and attempted to drag him.
(c) They wrestled him and tried to strangle him.
(d) They tried to run him over with their car.

3. Which members of Li'l Buddy's family died when they were trapped in the house?
(a) Big Mama and Cousin Chook.
(b) Earl and Tommye.
(c) PawPaw and Uncle James.
(d) Ron and Buddy.

4. What affliction affected Ron's father when Ron was a child?
(a) He suffered a head injury and lost his memory.
(b) He became deaf.
(c) He became an alcoholic.
(d) He lost an arm in a machinery accident.

5. Who was called Li'l Buddy, while growing up?
(a) Ron.
(b) Uncle James.
(c) Denver.
(d) Bobby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade was Ron in when he faced his teacher's cruel punishment?

2. During what era did Ron attend school and receive an unjust punishment for his honest mistake?

3. 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?

4. According to the account of Denver's life on the cotton fields in Chapter 1: Denver, what things could Denver claim he actually owned on the plantation?

5. From where was Denver returning when he spotted the white woman with car trouble on the side of the road?

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