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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. To what danger did the family pet alert Li'l Buddy?
(a) An explosion in the kitchen.
(b) A car that had crashed through the kitchen.
(c) Leaking gas.
(d) A fire.

2. What did the white woman stranded with car trouble do when the boys attacked Denver?
(a) She shot the redheaded boy.
(b) She said nothing.
(c) She ran for help.
(d) She threatened the boys with a gun and they let him go.

3. During Ron's punishment from the mean teacher, what caused half of the chalk circle to disappear?
(a) Ron's tears.
(b) Help from Ron's friends.
(c) Ron's hands.
(d) The rain.

4. Why was Ron flying in a private jet over the city?
(a) He had many wealthy friends who made their private jets available to him.
(b) He was the private pilot of a wealthy family.
(c) He owned the jet and was on his way to a luncheon in his honor.
(d) He was on his way to sell very valuable paintings to the owner of the jet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Ron's art gallery to confirm his negative opinion of the homeless?

2. What type of hardwood trees surrounded the Red River Parish plantation of Denver's youth?

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

4. What ethnicity were the "good ole boys" described in Chapter 1: Denver?

5. 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?

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