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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. 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?
(a) Like things were okay and he would survive.
(b) That things could only get better.
(c) That he was at a dead-end.
(d) Like he was living "high on the hog."

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

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

4. What made Denver leave the plantation?
(a) He had goals for himself and wanted an education.
(b) He wanted more fun in his life.
(c) He was tired of being poor.
(d) The plantation went under and Denver was out of a job.

5. What type of hardwood trees surrounded the Red River Parish plantation of Denver's youth?
(a) Pine.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Oak.
(d) Pecan.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what problem did Denver help the white woman who was stranded with her vehicle on the side of the road?

2. Denver recalled stories from his childhood about black men being fed to a gator for doing what?

3. Who was supposed to receive the Dixie cup Ron handed to his teacher by mistake?

4. What did Denver think of Deborah the first time he met her in Fort Worth?

5. What is the "hobo code of honor" that Denver discovered in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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