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

2. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?
(a) Griff.
(b) Desmond.
(c) Turner.
(d) Cory.

3. The White House had once been used in what other capacity?
(a) As a work shed.
(b) As a chapel.
(c) As a game room.
(d) As a schoolroom.

4. The floor of the White House carried the stench of what substance "that had soaked into the concrete" (67)?
(a) Urine.
(b) Pain.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Blood.

5. Which two classes did Elwood miss on his very first day of educational instruction at Nickel?
(a) Art class and shop class.
(b) Math class and history class.
(c) Science class and English class.
(d) Music class and drama class.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. When Elwood Curtis saw what kind of trees over the shoulder of the reporter on television, he knew he would have to return to the Nickel Academy?

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