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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52 to 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor for Denver did Ron request of a friend in Baton Rouge?
(a) To have criminal charges dismissed.
(b) A place for Denver to stay.
(c) To get a passport.
(d) A job for Denver.

2. Who did Big Mama and PawPaw raise as their own?
(a) Earl and Tommye.
(b) Ron and Deborah.
(c) James, Bobby and Cousin Chook.
(d) Denver, Thurman and Hershalee.

3. What is the term used to describe the farm owned by Ron's family?
(a) Cottonshare.
(b) Blackland.
(c) Sharecropper.
(d) Cottongain.

4. What city project did Ron view from his seat on the private Falcon jet?
(a) Land-clearing to create a giant city park.
(b) A mission and chapel being built to support the homeless.
(c) The foundation for a giant urban expansion of towers and buildings.
(d) An abandoned military base being converted to an airport.

5. What does "the Man" mean?
(a) A landowner who forces workers to harvest his crops and pays them with credit that they spend at his company store.
(b) A wealthy man from "old money."
(c) Someone who rents the land he farms and struggles to make a profit.
(d) A wealthy landowner who shares equally in the profits and losses with his sharecroppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special event did Deborah start for the needy women?

2. When Ron sold two valuable paintings in the mid-1970s, where did he and his wife go to socialize with multimillionaire clients for a month?

3. What did Ron give Deborah after he became wealthy to make her forgive him for using her stock?

4. Why did Denver want to travel to Colorado?

5. During his time working as a sharecropper picking cotton, what did Denver receive instead of a paycheck?

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