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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had a new job in Denver, Colorado and got Denver's help transporting her things there?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Sister Bettie.
(c) Mary Lou.
(d) Regan.

2. How did Mr. Ballantine treat Denver at first?
(a) He thought Denver was a thief.
(b) He declared that Denver was his guardian angel.
(c) He was terrified of Denver.
(d) He cursed him and called him a "nigger."

3. Why did Denver stay at Deborah's grave until night?
(a) To cry.
(b) To keep watch.
(c) To rage at God.
(d) To talk to her and to God.

4. Why was Ron aggravated at Denver for sleeping all day after Deborah's surgery?
(a) He did not know Denver was up praying all night.
(b) He did not know that Denver had cancer.
(c) He was paying him and felt cheated.
(d) He thought Denver was wasting his life.

5. What was "Manna" to Denver?
(a) The mission.
(b) A car.
(c) His friends.
(d) His apartment.

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

7. Why did Denver drive only 5 mph on the mountain road?
(a) Because of heavy fog.
(b) Because his father died on a twisty mountain road.
(c) Because Ron warned him to be careful.
(d) Because he could not see the bottom.

8. 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 was abandoned by a spouse.
(c) This person became homeless.
(d) This person died of a liver infection.

9. Why did Denver want to travel to Colorado?
(a) To please Ron and Deborah.
(b) To die there.
(c) To see the city after which he was named.
(d) To visit family he has never seen.

10. What did Deborah tell Ron to do after she died?
(a) To date but never remarry.
(b) To have Denver move into the house.
(c) To go live at the mission full time.
(d) To date and remarry.

11. Why did Ron map the route to Colorado with a marking pen?
(a) Because Denver could not read the highway signs.
(b) Because Ron did not trust Denver.
(c) Because Ron was controlling.
(d) Because Denver was afraid of becoming lost.

12. What did Denver call Deborah's appearance to him as he slept in her home after her death?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A visitation.
(c) A haunting.
(d) A goulie.

13. Why was the Colorado trip life-changing for everyone?
(a) Ron and Deborah decided to divorce while on the trip.
(b) Denver realized he needed to change his life and Deborah wanted to help him.
(c) Denver proved he was trustworthy and Ron learned to trust.
(d) It was the last trip Ron took before he died.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the Cowboy Spring Gathering take place?

3. For whom did Denver pray all night?

4. What was the turning point in the relationship between Denver, Deborah and Ron?

5. How much money did Denver take to Colorado?

(see the answer keys)

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