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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 had seen Denver.
(c) If she was Bobby's aunt.
(d) If she needed a ride.

3. What valuable objects were in Ron's possession on the private jet?
(a) $100,000 in cash and two bars of gold.
(b) Three Monet landscapes.
(c) Two rare Picasso sculptures.
(d) Three Georgia O'Keefe paintings.

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

5. What was the name of the neighborhood in which Ron opened an art gallery in Fort Worth?
(a) Renaissance Square.
(b) Falcon Square.
(c) Mission Square.
(d) Sundance Square.

6. 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) Europe.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Canada.

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

8. 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 grateful that there were no homeless people begging on the streets of Fort Worth.
(b) He was pleased that the city was moving the homeless so they would not bother him anymore.
(c) He was heartbroken for the future of the homeless.
(d) He had sympathy because he used to be homeless.

9. 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 not turn each other in to the police for any reason.
(d) An agreement to share what they have with each other.

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

11. 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 became nervous and forgot his lines in the school play.
(c) He accidently called her "Mama."
(d) He tripped and bumped a cart of art supplies that dumped paint in his teacher's lap.

12. What did Chef Jim receive for his cooking?
(a) A car.
(b) Nothing, because he refused to accept pay.
(c) Free meals.
(d) Room and board.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Denver leave the plantation?

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

3. The boy who roped Denver and nearly killed him claimed he was teaching Denver a lesson about what?

4. What happened to Ron's art gallery to confirm his negative opinion of the homeless?

5. How soon after arriving in Fort Worth did Denver meet Deborah?

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