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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 did Denver think of Deborah the first time he met her in Fort Worth?
(a) She was the skinniest, nosiest, pushiest white or black woman he ever met.
(b) She hated the homeless.
(c) She was his guardian angel.
(d) She was rude and prejudiced against blacks.

2. What city project did Ron view from his seat on the private Falcon jet?
(a) Land-clearing to create a giant city park.
(b) The foundation for a giant urban expansion of towers and buildings.
(c) An abandoned military base being converted to an airport.
(d) A mission and chapel being built to support the homeless.

3. What did Denver do when he spotted the white boys who he knew would cause trouble if they saw him helping a white woman?
(a) He began to walk away quickly.
(b) He stood up so they would not think he was hiding.
(c) He climbed into the cab of the truck and hid.
(d) He hid behind the wheel, hoping they would not see him.

4. What was the name of the neighborhood in which Ron opened an art gallery in Fort Worth?
(a) Falcon Square.
(b) Mission Square.
(c) Sundance Square.
(d) Renaissance Square.

5. Why did Ron dress differently than the other students when he was college?
(a) He dressed very formally, even on the weekends.
(b) His clothes were tattered and worn because he was so poor.
(c) He dressed flamboyantly in colorful costumes.
(d) His mother sewed his clothes from feed sacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Deborah first meet Denver?

2. 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?

3. How did the white boys who attacked Denver nearly kill him?

4. What happened to Ron's art gallery to confirm his negative opinion of the homeless?

5. Why did Ron decide to volunteer his time to help the needy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Denver's upbringing and level of education might have made it difficult for him to start a new life away from the plantation.

2. Normally soft-spoken, explain how Denver defied his usual custom of keeping to himself at the memorial service for Deborah that was attended by a thousand people.

3. Describe the honest mistake Ron made in second grade and how his teacher, Miss Poe, reacted.

4. What happened to Ron's art gallery in Chapter 2: Ron that confirmed his negative attitude toward the homeless?

5. Explain why Denver drove 5 mph on the mountain road during his trip to Colorado.

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

7. When Denver failed to arrive in Colorado on time, what thoughts and fears plagued Ron?

8. Why did Denver hop on a freight train and flee the plantation?

9. Explain why Ron was so surprised by Pearlie Mae's house when he and Denver visited it at the end of the book.

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

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