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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. Who was supposed to receive the Dixie cup Ron handed to his teacher by mistake?

2. After three years of hard work and debt due to sharecropping, what did Uncle James do?

3. What family pet woke Li'l Buddy one night and alerted him to danger in the house?

4. Why was one of the central figures in the book called Li'l Buddy while growing up?

5. To what danger did the family pet alert Li'l Buddy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how sharecropping works and tell about Denver's experience with sharecropping.

2. Describe Denver's first impression of Deborah and how he felt about the mission until he met her.

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

4. After Deborah was given only weeks to live, why did Denver say that Deborah "ain't goin nowhere"?

5. What new mission did Denver feel called to pursue as Deborah lay dying?

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

7. At one time in each of their lives, both Ron and Denver considered themselves to be living "high on the hog," or living a very comfortable life, though their circumstances were vastly different. How were their "high on the hog" lifestyles different?

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

9. While Deborah was in the final days of her life and in terrible pain, what message from God did Denver deliver to Ron?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before Ron's life was changed by Denver and others at the Union Gospel Mission, Ron had certain feelings about the poor and the homeless.

Part 1. Describe how Ron felt about the poor, homeless and needy before he began volunteering at the mission and met Denver.

Part 2. What happened to Ron's art gallery in Sundance Square to validate his feelings about the homeless?

Part 3. Explain how meeting Denver changed Ron's attitude toward the homeless.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Denver met Mr. Ballantine and how Mr. Ballantine treated Denver when they first met. What happened to Mr. Ballantine to put him into a public nursing home, and how did Denver continue to look after him while he was there? What reason did Denver have for treating this man so kindly?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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