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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. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. At what time of the morning did the Nickel staff arrive in order to take Elwood and the others to receive their punishment for fighting?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

4. What subject did Mr. Hill teach at Lincoln High School when he talked to Elwood about taking college classes during Elwood's senior year?
(a) Music.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) English.
(d) History.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Within what room at Nickel did Elwood intervene in a fight, earning him a trip to the White House?

2. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?

3. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?

4. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?

5. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?

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