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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that the annual boxing championship was the black Nickel boys' "sole acquaintance" with what "at Nickel" (98)?
(a) Victory.
(b) Glee.
(c) Justice.
(d) White Nickel boys.

2. During what period of Elwood's life did he play a game wherein he tried to guess how may "Negro patrons" (18) were seated in the Richmond Hotel's dining room?
(a) 13 to 15.
(b) 6 to 9.
(c) 9 to 14.
(d) 9 to 12.

3. While the black inmates of Nickel called the building used for whippings "the White House," who called the building "the Ice Cream Factory" (66)?
(a) The housemen of Nickel.
(b) The white inmates of Nickel.
(c) The cooks of Nickel.
(d) Spencer.

4. Who created a written record of every date, establishment name, and individual name associated with the Community Service activities supervised by Harper?
(a) Elwood.
(b) Harper.
(c) Turner.
(d) Superintendent Spencer.

5. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Respect.
(c) Honor.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to Spencer, how many other men came to fetch Elwood and other boys on the night of Elwood's first trip to the White House?

2. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?

3. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?

4. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?

5. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?

(see the answer key)

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