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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52 to 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ron do for a living before becoming a successful and wealthy art dealer?
(a) He was a postal worker.
(b) He was an art teacher.
(c) He was an artist who could not sell his work.
(d) He was an investment banker.

2. What is the "hobo code of honor" that Denver discovered in Chapter 15?
(a) An agreement to take turns keeping watch in the park at night while others sleep.
(b) An agreement to share what they have with each other.
(c) An agreement to back each other up in a fight.
(d) An agreement to not turn each other in to the police for any reason.

3. Who did Ron dream of showing how successful he had become as he flew along in a private jet?
(a) The homeless people with whom he grew up.
(b) Former co-workers and his old boss.
(c) His mean teacher, old girlfriends and his graduating class.
(d) His ex-wife and all the children who tormented him as a child.

4. Why did Ron tell Denver that he did not feel right about having a building named after Deborah?
(a) Because she did not deserve it.
(b) Because Ron wanted to privately memorialize her.
(c) Because Ron felt the city could not afford the costs of the building.
(d) Because she would not have liked to draw attention to herself.

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

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. Who looked perfectly well, despite battling an illness?

3. What building did Denver show Ron, to which Ron responded that it was worse than he imagined?

4. How much money did Denver take to Colorado?

5. Why did Denver stay at Deborah's grave until night?

(see the answer key)

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