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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what unusual place did Denver pray all night?
(a) By the dumpster.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) At Starbucks.
(d) Up in a tree.

2. In what type of casket was Deborah buried?
(a) Ornate with gold leaf.
(b) Hand-carved oak.
(c) Plain pine.
(d) She was cremated.

3. When Denver learned that Deborah had only days to live, what did he say?
(a) That she could go in peace.
(b) That she was already gone.
(c) That he must go to her side.
(d) That she wasn't leaving until her work was done.

4. What building did Denver show Ron, to which Ron responded that it was worse than he imagined?
(a) Denver's family home.
(b) Denver's shack.
(c) The house of the Man.
(d) The Union Gospel Mission.

5. With whom was Ron having lunch when he received an important phone call from Deborah?
(a) Carson.
(b) Brother Bill.
(c) Denver.
(d) His daughter.

6. Who studied art history, but did not like the art business?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Ron.
(c) Carson.
(d) Regan.

7. What happened to a key person in this book in Chapter 34?
(a) This person began to live in unbearable physical pain.
(b) This person became homeless.
(c) This person died of a liver infection.
(d) This person was abandoned by a spouse.

8. What fear of Denver's did he overcome at the Cowboy Spring Gathering?
(a) Fear of livestock.
(b) Fear of white men on horseback.
(c) Fear of crowds.
(d) Fear of being seen with a white woman.

9. For what did Denver pray all night?
(a) For Ron and Debbie's marriage to be saved.
(b) For Deborah's healing.
(c) For Miss Bettie to love him.
(d) For Regan to be cured.

10. Why did Ron begin to worry about Denver in Chapter 37?
(a) Because he failed to arrive in Colorado on time.
(b) Because Deborah was sure Denver was dead.
(c) Because he did not return anyone's phone calls.
(d) Because Ron began to fear he was robbed.

11. When Deborah bumped into an old friend from college while shopping, what caused her to return home, crying, with no packages?
(a) Deborah learned that her friend was bankrupt and homeless.
(b) The friend told her she had an affair with Ron.
(c) The friend acknowledged that Deborah was terminal.
(d) Deborah saw that her friend was very ill.

12. When Scott disliked the idea of bringing cigarettes to Mr. Ballantine in the hospital, how did Denver respond?
(a) That he would break the news to Mr. Ballantine.
(b) That he should do it to bless him and not judge him.
(c) That he would do it instead.
(d) That Mr. Ballantine deserved some small pleasures.

13. For whom did Denver pray all night?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Regan.
(c) Sister Bettie.
(d) Carson.

14. What was Dr. Goldstein's diagnosis?
(a) Antibiotics to stop the infection.
(b) Denver had only a few months to live.
(c) Ron and Deborah should get a divorce.
(d) No treatment because the cancer had advanced too far.

15. Denver agreed to the Colorado trip, but warned Ron of what?
(a) His fear of heights.
(b) His criminal record.
(c) His love of Deborah.
(d) His trouble sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ron aggravated at Denver for sleeping all day after Deborah's surgery?

2. What personal crisis struck Ron and Deborah in Chapter 29?

3. Why was Denver's presence at the ceremony for Deborah a reminder to him of his past?

4. From what event did Denver notice Deborah's absence and become worried?

5. What did Denver bring to Mr. Ballantine in the hospital?

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