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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?
(a) Desmond.
(b) Griff.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) Black Mike.

2. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?
(a) He did not know.
(b) None.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

3. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?
(a) A rope.
(b) A timer.
(c) A chain.
(d) A rail.

4. How many afternoons did Elwood spend at the Richmond Hotel after the trick was played on him with the use of encyclopedias?
(a) 9.
(b) 30.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elwood joined the A and M students in a protest during his junior year, they were all fighting to integrate what type of establishments?

2. The national press picked up the story about the secret cemetery at Nickel Academy after a newspaper from what city published a story about it first?

3. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?

4. Though Mr. Marconi had already carried black magazines in his shop, Elwood got him to order what other items tailored to the black community's needs?

5. In what part of Elwood's body did he receive a punch from Black Mike at the scene of Elwood's intervention in the middle of a fight?

(see the answer key)

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