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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 to 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2: Ron, Ron recalls a humiliating experience as a child. What honest mistake did Ron make with his teacher?
(a) He became nervous and forgot his lines in the school play.
(b) He accidently called her "Mama."
(c) He mistakenly delivered something to her that was meant for someone else.
(d) He tripped and bumped a cart of art supplies that dumped paint in his teacher's lap.

3. Which group of people was responsible for the city changes Ron saw from the private jet?
(a) Local billionaires.
(b) Foreign investors.
(c) State leaders.
(d) The mission volunteers.

4. For what reasons did Ron decide that Granddaddy was "the Man"?
(a) He hired blacks and whites to work for him, but fed the whites at the farmhouse and the blacks at the grocery store.
(b) He was in debt at the company store and could not make a profit on his land.
(c) He came from "old money."
(d) Because Uncle James told him so.

5. Of what social class was Ron a member while growing up?
(a) Upper-middle class.
(b) Blue-collar middle class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Lower-middle class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Denver fear that something bad would happen to Deborah?

2. What was celebrated by the volunteers with frosted sheet cake one evening per month?

3. How old was Denver when he was nearly killed by a group of white boys?

4. What did Chef Jim receive for his cooking?

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

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