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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. What is the "hobo code of honor" that Denver discovered in Chapter 15?
(a) An agreement to not turn each other in to the police for any reason.
(b) An agreement to back each other up in a fight.
(c) An agreement to share what they have with each other.
(d) An agreement to take turns keeping watch in the park at night while others sleep.

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

3. What did Ron do for a living before becoming a successful and wealthy art dealer?
(a) He was an artist who could not sell his work.
(b) He was an art teacher.
(c) He was an investment banker.
(d) He was a postal worker.

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

5. 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?
(a) Canada.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Denver work the cotton fields?

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

3. What type of person was Uncle James?

4. What did Denver do when he spotted the white boys who he knew would cause trouble if they saw him helping a white woman?

5. Which group of people was responsible for the city changes Ron saw from the private jet?

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