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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 Chapter 2: Ron, Ron recalls a humiliating experience as a child. What honest mistake did Ron make with his teacher?

2. What sort of place did Tim Taylor run, welcoming the needy to free events there?

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

4. What did Denver think of Deborah the first time he met her in Fort Worth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Denver's encounter with the white woman with a flat tire impact his life?

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

3. In the conclusion of the story, what did Denver tell Ron about being homeless?

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

5. Describe two major events for Ron and Denver that took place after Deborah's death.

6. Explain how Denver went about keeping an all-night prayer vigil for Deborah and tell how Ron reacted to the news that Denver was sleeping during the following day.

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

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

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

10. Denver worried about disappointing Ron regarding the Colorado trip. How did Denver prove himself trustworthy during the trip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Denver first arrived at the mission, he kept to himself and was considered a loner. Still, Deborah Hall sought him out.

Part 1. Describe how Deborah first approached Denver and how Denver felt about her.

Part 2. Explain the dream Deborah had and why she thought Denver might be the man from her dream.

Part 3. Explain how Deborah's influence led Denver to become more active in the mission. In what types of activities did Denver become involved?

Essay Topic 2

When Ron and Deborah asked Denver to make the drive to Colorado to deliver Regan's belongings, it was a turning point in their relationship with Denver.

Part 1. What obstacles had to be overcome in order for Denver to attain a valid driver license? How did Ron help Denver accomplish this?

Part 2. With what valuable items was Denver entrusted by Ron for the trip?

Part 3. Explain Ron's worries about sending Denver on the trip. Did his worries come true?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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