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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. During his time working as a sharecropper picking cotton, what did Denver receive instead of a paycheck?
(a) Four square meals a day at the farmhouse kitchen table.
(b) A new bike every Christmas.
(c) A shack and supplies on which he made payments to the Man.
(d) Room and board in the Man's house.

2. How is Ron's mother described?
(a) A Texas farm girl who sewed and baked cookies.
(b) A bad-tempered boss who ran the family cotton farm.
(c) A spiritual woman who quoted Scripture.
(d) An artist and sculptor.

3. What grade was Ron in when he faced his teacher's cruel punishment?
(a) Twelfth grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Ninth grade.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Denver finally make his escape from life on the cotton fields to being homeless in Fort Worth, Texas?

2. From what material did Big Mama sew her large dresses?

3. Why did Ron dress differently than the other students when he was college?

4. In Chapter 2: Ron, Ron recalls a humiliating experience as a child. What honest mistake did Ron make with his teacher?

5. What was the name of the neighborhood in which Ron opened an art gallery in Fort Worth?

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