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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ethnicity were the "good ole boys" described in Chapter 1: Denver?
(a) Black.
(b) Mexican-American.
(c) White.
(d) American Indian.

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

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

4. Who did Big Mama and PawPaw raise as their own?
(a) James, Bobby and Cousin Chook.
(b) Denver, Thurman and Hershalee.
(c) Ron and Deborah.
(d) Earl and Tommye.

5. Why did Li'l Buddy not play much as a child?
(a) He spent his time reading adventure novels.
(b) Big Mama gave him so many chores.
(c) He spent every free moment fishing.
(d) He preferred the company of the older folks.

6. What made Denver leave the plantation?
(a) He was tired of being poor.
(b) He wanted more fun in his life.
(c) The plantation went under and Denver was out of a job.
(d) He had goals for himself and wanted an education.

7. Looking back as an adult on the scene with the cruel teacher from his youth, how does Ron feel?
(a) Amused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Numb.
(d) Shameful.

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

9. What was in the Dixie cup that Ron handed to his teacher?
(a) Nails.
(b) His urine.
(c) Pencil shavings.
(d) Worms from the schoolyard.

10. In which part of Fort Worth was Ron raised?
(a) Falcon Square.
(b) Red River Parish.
(c) Haltom City.
(d) Parkland.

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

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

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

14. Why did Ron dress differently than the other students when he was college?
(a) His clothes were tattered and worn because he was so poor.
(b) He dressed flamboyantly in colorful costumes.
(c) He dressed very formally, even on the weekends.
(d) His mother sewed his clothes from feed sacks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What city project did Ron view from his seat on the private Falcon jet?

4. Which members of Li'l Buddy's family died when they were trapped in the house?

5. What type of person was Uncle James?

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