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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ron endure his teacher's cruel punishment?
(a) In the principal's office.
(b) At his teacher's home.
(c) On the stage of the school auditorium.
(d) On the playground.

2. What did Denver do when he spotted the white boys who he knew would cause trouble if they saw him helping a white woman?
(a) He stood up so they would not think he was hiding.
(b) He climbed into the cab of the truck and hid.
(c) He hid behind the wheel, hoping they would not see him.
(d) He began to walk away quickly.

3. In which state is the plantation that Denver worked as a teenager?
(a) Texas.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Louisiana.

4. What affliction affected Ron's father when Ron was a child?
(a) He became deaf.
(b) He became an alcoholic.
(c) He suffered a head injury and lost his memory.
(d) He lost an arm in a machinery accident.

5. Where did Deborah first meet Denver?
(a) At the Red River Parish.
(b) At the mission.
(c) At Starbucks.
(d) At the Lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Denver want most from the volunteers?

2. During Ron's punishment from the mean teacher, what caused half of the chalk circle to disappear?

3. How is Ron's mother described?

4. When the Falcon jet landed, what happened to Ron?

5. What was the name of the neighborhood in which Ron opened an art gallery in Fort Worth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did people at the mission band together to help Deborah after her cancer surgery?

2. Explain why Denver's trip with Ron to the annual Cowboy Spring Gathering was a turning point in Denver's life in which he overcame a life-long fear.

3. Describe how Ron felt about urban development as he flew over the city in Chapter 2: Ron, and saw the groundwork for new buildings that would force the homeless to be relocated.

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

5. After Ron and Denver became friends, Denver shared a fear about Deborah with Ron. What was his fear?

6. When Denver was changing the white woman's tire in Chapter 1: Denver, why did he stand up to let the white boys know he is there?

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

8. Explain why Denver's upbringing and level of education might have made it difficult for him to start a new life away from the plantation.

9. Describe Deborah's first impression of Denver.

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

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