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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. How many boys were there in the group that nearly killed Denver?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. 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) The Bahamas.
(c) Canada.
(d) Europe.

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

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

5. What did the white woman stranded with car trouble do when the boys attacked Denver?
(a) She said nothing.
(b) She ran for help.
(c) She threatened the boys with a gun and they let him go.
(d) She shot the redheaded boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After three years of hard work and debt due to sharecropping, what did Uncle James do?

3. What city project did Ron view from his seat on the private Falcon jet?

4. What did Ron give Deborah after he became wealthy to make her forgive him for using her stock?

5. Before the boys who nearly killed Denver spotted him near the vehicle, what did they ask the white woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did members of Deborah's immediate family react to her impending cancer surgery and what did they do to prepare?

3. List and describe the three occupations that lead Ron from being poor to being very wealthy.

4. How did Mr. Ballantine treat Denver when he first met him and how did Mr. Ballantine arrive at the mission?

5. What new mission did Denver feel called to pursue as Deborah lay dying?

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

7. Explain Deborah and Ron's differing reasons for becoming volunteers at the Union Gospel Mission.

8. For the Colorado trip, Ron trusted Denver but feared he might not return. Describe the valuable items with which Denver was entrusted.

9. Describe how Ron felt about urban development as he flew over the city in Chapter 2: Ron, and saw the groundwork for new buildings that would force the homeless to be relocated.

10. How did Denver learn of Deborah's illness?

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