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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What thoughts about the homeless did Ron have as he flew in a private jet over Fort Worth and looked down on the city?
(a) He was heartbroken for the future of the homeless.
(b) He was pleased that the city was moving the homeless so they would not bother him anymore.
(c) He had sympathy because he used to be homeless.
(d) He was grateful that there were no homeless people begging on the streets of Fort Worth.

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

6. What is the term used to describe the farm owned by Ron's family?
(a) Cottongain.
(b) Cottonshare.
(c) Sharecropper.
(d) Blackland.

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

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

9. What type of hardwood trees surrounded the Red River Parish plantation of Denver's youth?
(a) Oak.
(b) Pine.
(c) Pecan.
(d) Cherry.

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

11. Who were Don Shisler and Pam?
(a) A preacher and his assistant.
(b) The director and volunteer coordinator of the facility.
(c) Sharecroppers who changed Ron's life.
(d) The people who saved Denver's life.

12. Why did Ron decide to volunteer his time to help the needy?
(a) Denver invited him to join him.
(b) He wanted to be a good husband.
(c) He felt that God had called him to serve.
(d) He wanted to set a good example for his wife.

13. From where was Denver returning when he spotted the white woman with car trouble on the side of the road?
(a) His father BB's shack on the plantation.
(b) The Man's house where he was visiting Bobby.
(c) His aunt's house.
(d) The Man's house where he stole a bike.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of place did Tim Taylor run, welcoming the needy to free events there?

2. What did friendship mean to Denver?

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

4. Who encouraged Ron and Denver to become friends?

5. What special event did Deborah start for the needy women?

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