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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. What did Ron do for a living before becoming a successful and wealthy art dealer?

2. What affliction affected Ron's father when Ron was a child?

3. What is the term used to describe the farm owned by Ron's family?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the chain of events in Chapter 2: Ron that begin with Ron boarding a private jet and end with Ron attending a luncheon in his honor.

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

3. In the final chapters of the book, explain the relationship that had developed between Ron and Denver.

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

5. What did Denver think of Deborah Hall the first time he met her?

6. Describe Ron's and Deborah's 31st wedding anniversary when Deborah was dying of cancer.

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 how Ron and Deborah used $10,000 in 1975 from the sale of a valuable Renoir painting.

9. 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?

10. List and describe the three occupations that lead Ron from being poor to being very wealthy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

At age 18, Denver worked for the Man, but surveyed his lifestyle and decided he lived "high on the hog."

Part 1. Explain what "high on the hog" means and give an example.

Part 2. Explain what Denver had. Did he actually own these things?

Part 3. If Denver was living "high on the hog," why do you think he eventually escaped on the freight train?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Deborah's funeral and memorial service. What did Denver do after Deborah was buried in a plain pine casket? When Denver spoke at Deborah's memorial service, how was it out of character for him to do so? What did he say about Deborah? What did he announce that he was going to do in her memory?

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