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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which state is the plantation that Denver worked as a teenager?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Texas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Georgia.

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

3. Before meeting Deborah, when was the last time Denver spoke to a white woman?
(a) When the mission volunteers brought him lunch on the plantation.
(b) When he helped a woman with car trouble as a teenager.
(c) When he met a homeless white woman hitching a train ride.
(d) When his father was killed and a kindly white nurse took pity on young Denver.

4. What did Denver think of Deborah the first time he met her in Fort Worth?
(a) She was the skinniest, nosiest, pushiest white or black woman he ever met.
(b) She hated the homeless.
(c) She was rude and prejudiced against blacks.
(d) She was his guardian angel.

5. What did Deborah witness a large black man complaining about being stolen from him?
(a) His Bible.
(b) His car keys.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His suitcase.

6. Before the boys who nearly killed Denver spotted him near the vehicle, what did they ask the white woman?
(a) If she needed help.
(b) If she was Bobby's aunt.
(c) If she needed a ride.
(d) If she had seen Denver.

7. What affliction affected Ron's father when Ron was a child?
(a) He suffered a head injury and lost his memory.
(b) He became an alcoholic.
(c) He lost an arm in a machinery accident.
(d) He became deaf.

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

9. What was celebrated by the volunteers with frosted sheet cake one evening per month?
(a) New Visitors Night.
(b) Birthday Night.
(c) Homeless Help Night.
(d) Free Dinner Night.

10. What part of Ron's body ached as he endured the humiliating punishment from his teacher?
(a) His hands.
(b) His neck.
(c) His legs.
(d) His nose.

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

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

13. Where did Ron endure his teacher's cruel punishment?
(a) On the playground.
(b) At his teacher's home.
(c) In the principal's office.
(d) On the stage of the school auditorium.

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

15. What special event did Deborah start for the needy women?
(a) Massage Night.
(b) Beauty Shop Night.
(c) Nail Salon Night.
(d) Pampering Night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of Ron's parents?

2. How many boys were there in the group that nearly killed Denver?

3. Why did Ron decide to volunteer his time to help the needy?

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

5. Who was called Li'l Buddy, while growing up?

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