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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During his time working as a sharecropper picking cotton, what did Denver receive instead of a paycheck?
(a) Four square meals a day at the farmhouse kitchen table.
(b) Room and board in the Man's house.
(c) A new bike every Christmas.
(d) A shack and supplies on which he made payments to the Man.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. Why was Ron flying in a private jet over the city?
(a) He was the private pilot of a wealthy family.
(b) He had many wealthy friends who made their private jets available to him.
(c) He was on his way to sell very valuable paintings to the owner of the jet.
(d) He owned the jet and was on his way to a luncheon in his honor.

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

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

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

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

13. Which members of Li'l Buddy's family died when they were trapped in the house?
(a) PawPaw and Uncle James.
(b) Earl and Tommye.
(c) Big Mama and Cousin Chook.
(d) Ron and Buddy.

14. When Ron sold two valuable paintings in the mid-1970s, where did he and his wife go to socialize with multimillionaire clients for a month?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Europe.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Canada.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encouraged Ron and Denver to become friends?

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

3. In which state is the plantation that Denver worked as a teenager?

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

5. What was in the Dixie cup that Ron handed to his teacher?

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