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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which part of Fort Worth was Ron raised?

2. How old was Denver when he was nearly killed by a group of white boys?

3. What were the names of Ron's parents?

4. What was the name of the mean teacher who punished Ron for his honest mistake?

5. What special event did Deborah start for the needy women?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Denver work the cotton fields and continue to be treated like a slave thirty years after the formal end of slavery?

3. Describe Deborah's first impression of Denver.

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. What dream did Deborah have that she told Ron about?

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deborah Hall began to volunteer at the Union Gospel Mission because she felt God's calling to do so. What differences in the lives of the needy did Deborah make and what specific new events did Deborah bring into their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Ron grew up in a lower-middle class home and spent his summers with his grandfather, a farmer and landowner.

Part 1. Describe Ron's parents. Do you think Ron was well-cared for as a child?

Part 2. Explain why or not Ron's grandfather was the Man. Did he treat his white and colored workers differently?

Part 3. Consider how Ron felt about the poor and homeless when he grew up. Find two reasons from Ron's childhood that might explain why Ron felt this way as an adult.

Essay Topic 3

When Denver was a boy, a fire broke out that killed Big Mama and Cousin Chook. Shortly thereafter, Denver's father, BB, was stabbed to death, and Uncle James died a short time later.

Part 1. Explain how so much loss at a young age impacted Denver as a grown man. What fears and insecurities did he have as a result?

Part 2. How do you think Denver's life might have been different if Big Mama had survived the fire?

Part 3. Deborah's death was especially hard on Denver. What did Denver wonder about God when Deborah was taken away from him?

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