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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Denver feel about Deborah when he met her?
(a) He felt attracted to her.
(b) He felt attacked by her.
(c) He felt repulsed by her.
(d) He felt loved by her.

3. What does "the Man" mean?
(a) Someone who rents the land he farms and struggles to make a profit.
(b) A wealthy man from "old money."
(c) A wealthy landowner who shares equally in the profits and losses with his sharecroppers.
(d) A landowner who forces workers to harvest his crops and pays them with credit that they spend at his company store.

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

5. During Ron's punishment from the mean teacher, what caused half of the chalk circle to disappear?
(a) Ron's tears.
(b) Ron's hands.
(c) The rain.
(d) Help from Ron's friends.

6. Denver recalled stories from his childhood about black men being fed to a gator for doing what?
(a) Robbing the Man.
(b) Stealing cotton and selling it in town.
(c) Helping a stranded white woman with car trouble.
(d) Looking at a white woman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. What name did Deborah and Ron mistakenly call Denver?
(a) Dayton.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Devore.
(d) Duncan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the neighborhood in which Ron opened an art gallery in Fort Worth?

2. What made Denver leave the plantation?

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

4. What type of person was Uncle James?

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

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