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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. What does "the Man" mean?
(a) Someone who rents the land he farms and struggles to make a profit.
(b) A landowner who forces workers to harvest his crops and pays them with credit that they spend at his company store.
(c) A wealthy landowner who shares equally in the profits and losses with his sharecroppers.
(d) A wealthy man from "old money."

2. What did the needy have to sit through in order to receive a free dinner?
(a) Lectures on finding jobs.
(b) Sermons from Brother Bill.
(c) Counseling sessions with Ron and Deborah.
(d) Medical exams.

3. The boy who roped Denver and nearly killed him claimed he was teaching Denver a lesson about what?
(a) Bothering white ladies.
(b) Being off the plantation.
(c) Being where he wasn't welcome.
(d) Helping people with car trouble.

4. What made Denver leave the plantation?
(a) He had goals for himself and wanted an education.
(b) He was tired of being poor.
(c) He wanted more fun in his life.
(d) The plantation went under and Denver was out of a job.

5. 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) Washington, D.C.
(c) Canada.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chef Jim receive for his cooking?

2. How did Denver's father die?

3. Who was called Li'l Buddy, while growing up?

4. How did Denver finally make his escape from life on the cotton fields to being homeless in Fort Worth, Texas?

5. What was celebrated by the volunteers with frosted sheet cake one evening per month?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain the chain of events in Chapter 2: Ron that begin with Ron boarding a private jet and end with Ron attending a luncheon in his honor.

4. How did Denver come to work as a sharecropper and who was responsible for his involvement?

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

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

7. Describe the condition of Hershalee's house and what happened there when Ron and Denver visited it together.

8. Describe Deborah's first impression of Denver.

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

10. Explain how and where Ron learned that President Kennedy had been shot.

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