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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Looking back as an adult on the scene with the cruel teacher from his youth, how does Ron feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Shameful.
(c) Numb.
(d) Amused.

3. Why did Denver fear that something bad would happen to Deborah?
(a) Because she deserved to be punished.
(b) Because she had scorned him.
(c) Because her work was so important to God and Satan.
(d) Because she was too trusting of the homeless.

4. 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 the mission volunteers brought him lunch on the plantation.
(c) When he helped a woman with car trouble as a teenager.
(d) When his father was killed and a kindly white nurse took pity on young Denver.

5. How soon after arriving in Fort Worth did Denver meet Deborah?
(a) Many years.
(b) Immediately, because she met him at the train station.
(c) Many months.
(d) Only a few hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hardwood trees surrounded the Red River Parish plantation of Denver's youth?

2. What did Deborah insist would repair her marriage after Ron had an affair?

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

4. Who was supposed to receive the Dixie cup Ron handed to his teacher by mistake?

5. According to the account of Denver's life on the cotton fields in Chapter 1: Denver, what things could Denver claim he actually owned on the plantation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What chain of events in Fort Worth lead Denver to come stay at the Union Gospel Mission?

2. Explain why Denver's trip with Ron to the annual Cowboy Spring Gathering was a turning point in Denver's life in which he overcame a life-long fear.

3. At one time in each of their lives, both Ron and Denver considered themselves to be living "high on the hog," or living a very comfortable life, though their circumstances were vastly different. How were their "high on the hog" lifestyles different?

4. Describe how the three white boys nearly killed Denver in Chapter 1: Denver.

5. After Ron and Denver became friends, Denver shared a fear about Deborah with Ron. What was his fear?

6. What did Denver think of Deborah Hall the first time he met her?

7. How did Denver's encounter with the white woman with a flat tire impact his life?

8. When Ron and Denver traveled to Red River Parish and Denver asked Ron to drive to the plantation where Denver used to live, how did Ron react to seeing Denver's 2-room shack, and how did Denver feel about seeing it again?

9. Describe Ron's and Deborah's 31st wedding anniversary when Deborah was dying of cancer.

10. Explain how Ron and Deborah used $10,000 in 1975 from the sale of a valuable Renoir painting.

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