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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 to 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Denver finally make his escape from life on the cotton fields to being homeless in Fort Worth, Texas?
(a) He jumped on the train near the highway.
(b) He hitched a ride from a migrant worker.
(c) He simply walked away after having a bad day.
(d) The Man died and Denver left in his car.

2. How many boys were there in the group that nearly killed Denver?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

3. 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?
(a) Like he was living "high on the hog."
(b) That things could only get better.
(c) Like things were okay and he would survive.
(d) That he was at a dead-end.

4. What family pet woke Li'l Buddy one night and alerted him to danger in the house?
(a) Pot-bellied pig.
(b) Parrot.
(c) Dog.
(d) Cat.

5. What did Deborah tell Ron she saw in a dream?
(a) Instructions from God to go volunteer with the needy.
(b) The face of a man who would save the city.
(c) Her son in heaven.
(d) A woman called Big Mama who would help Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Ron's body ached as he endured the humiliating punishment from his teacher?

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

3. What type of hardwood trees surrounded the Red River Parish plantation of Denver's youth?

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

5. According to the account of Denver's life on the cotton fields in Chapter 1: Denver, what things could Denver claim he actually owned on the plantation?

(see the answer key)

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