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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city project did Ron view from his seat on the private Falcon jet?
(a) Land-clearing to create a giant city park.
(b) A mission and chapel being built to support the homeless.
(c) The foundation for a giant urban expansion of towers and buildings.
(d) An abandoned military base being converted to an airport.

2. What type of person was Uncle James?
(a) A greedy and power-hungry man.
(b) A homeless man who smiled every day just because he was alive.
(c) A Christian man who quoted Scripture.
(d) The Man.

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

4. According to the account of Denver's life on the cotton fields in Chapter 1: Denver, what things could Denver claim he actually owned on the plantation?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A pig and two pairs of overalls.
(c) Everything he had was owned by the Man.
(d) A shack and a lame pony.

5. 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 on his way to sell very valuable paintings to the owner of the jet.
(c) He was the private pilot of a wealthy family.
(d) He owned the jet and was on his way to a luncheon in his honor.

6. What did Denver want most from the volunteers?
(a) To be left alone.
(b) To become one of them.
(c) To be accepted as family.
(d) Room and board.

7. What did Ron give Deborah after he became wealthy to make her forgive him for using her stock?
(a) The keys to a homeless shelter he purchased for her to run.
(b) A priceless Georgia O'Keefe painting.
(c) A Falcon jet.
(d) A gold Piaget watch and a mink jacket.

8. Who encouraged Ron and Denver to become friends?
(a) Brother Bill.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Sister Bettie.
(d) Chef Jim.

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

10. Who was called Li'l Buddy, while growing up?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Denver.
(c) Uncle James.
(d) Ron.

11. What did Deborah tell Ron she saw in a dream?
(a) Her son in heaven.
(b) A woman called Big Mama who would help Denver.
(c) Instructions from God to go volunteer with the needy.
(d) The face of a man who would save the city.

12. How many years did Denver work the cotton fields?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 5.

13. What did friendship mean to Denver?
(a) A bond between men that could not be trusted.
(b) A commitment to fight together or die together.
(c) A new kind of family.
(d) It meant nothing.

14. What did the needy have to sit through in order to receive a free dinner?
(a) Lectures on finding jobs.
(b) Medical exams.
(c) Sermons from Brother Bill.
(d) Counseling sessions with Ron and Deborah.

15. The boy who roped Denver and nearly killed him claimed he was teaching Denver a lesson about what?
(a) Being where he wasn't welcome.
(b) Being off the plantation.
(c) Bothering white ladies.
(d) Helping people with car trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Li'l Buddy not play much as a child?

2. How did the white boys who attacked Denver nearly kill him?

3. How did Denver feel about Deborah when he met her?

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

5. Before the boys who nearly killed Denver spotted him near the vehicle, what did they ask the white woman?

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