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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Part One: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Miami.
(c) Tallahassee.
(d) Broward.

2. In what kind of a shop was 13-year-old Elwood hired to work for Mr. Marconi?
(a) A tobacco shop.
(b) A book shop.
(c) A shoe shop.
(d) A water sports shop.

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

4. Mr. Hill started teaching history at Lincoln High School when Elwood was a student in which year of high school?
(a) Sophomore.
(b) Senior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Junior.

5. On the last day of school, Mr. Hill gave Elwood a book by which black writer?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?

2. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?

3. In what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?

4. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?

5. 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?

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