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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39 to 51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term used to describe the farm owned by Ron's family?
(a) Sharecropper.
(b) Cottonshare.
(c) Blackland.
(d) Cottongain.

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

3. To what danger did the family pet alert Li'l Buddy?
(a) Leaking gas.
(b) A fire.
(c) A car that had crashed through the kitchen.
(d) An explosion in the kitchen.

4. In which part of Fort Worth was Ron raised?
(a) Haltom City.
(b) Falcon Square.
(c) Parkland.
(d) Red River Parish.

5. What type of person was Uncle James?
(a) The Man.
(b) A Christian man who quoted Scripture.
(c) A greedy and power-hungry man.
(d) A homeless man who smiled every day just because he was alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, Denver looked back on life as a sharecropper. How did he feel at age 18 in a 2-room shack with a bed, table, stove and an outhouse?

2. How did Mr. Ballantine treat Denver at first?

3. What good news for Deborah did her family consider a Christmas present?

4. What was "Manna" to Denver?

5. What did Deborah do, despite the doctor's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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