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

2. What punishment did Ron's teacher inflict on him for his honest mistake in second grade?
(a) She forced him to read a letter of apology in front of the entire class.
(b) She made him press his nose against the wall.
(c) She pulled down his pants and spanked him in front of his classmates.
(d) She took away his desk and made him sit on the floor for the entire year.

3. What did Deborah insist would repair her marriage after Ron had an affair?
(a) Working for the Peace Corps for 18 months.
(b) A cruise around the world.
(c) A couple's therapy retreat.
(d) Volunteering at the Union Gospel Mission.

4. Why did Ron decide to volunteer his time to help the needy?
(a) He wanted to set a good example for his wife.
(b) Denver invited him to join him.
(c) He felt that God had called him to serve.
(d) He wanted to be a good husband.

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?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A shack and a lame pony.
(c) Everything he had was owned by the Man.
(d) A pig and two pairs of overalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before meeting Deborah, when was the last time Denver spoke to a white woman?

2. Where did Deborah first meet Denver?

3. Why did Denver fear that something bad would happen to Deborah?

4. With what type of vehicle did Denver help the white woman stranded on the side of the road?

5. What valuable objects were in Ron's possession on the private jet?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the book, where did Ron go to live and why, and why did Denver come with him?

2. 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?

3. With how much money did Denver return from Colorado and what was Ron's reaction?

4. Explain the conflict over white women between the "good ole' boys" and black men during the time that Denver was growing up in Louisiana.

5. Explain how Ron and Denver became friends.

6. Describe how Ron felt when he looks back on Miss Poe's punishment 26 years earlier?

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

8. How and why did Ron dress differently from his peers in college?

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

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

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