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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. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Mr. Hill.
(c) Mr. Marconi.
(d) Harriet.

2. When Harriet found out about Elwood's participation in a protest, in what way did she punish him?
(a) She took away his record player.
(b) She made him do yard work.
(c) She took away his college savings.
(d) She beat him with a belt.

3. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) West.

4. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?
(a) Turner.
(b) Desmond.
(c) Griff.
(d) Jaime.

5. How many feet long was the leather strap called Black Beauty" (67)?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?

2. Once Elwood started to work for Mr. Marconi, Harriet put half of his wages toward household expenses and saved the other half for what expense?

3. On what day of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel does he meet Turner?

4. Elwood was told that "classroom instruction" (51) took place how often at Nickel?

5. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?

(see the answer key)

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