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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 Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?
(a) Turner.
(b) Desmond.
(c) Cory.
(d) Gil.

2. 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) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 30.

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

4. What machine was used to mask the screams of the boys as they were punished within the White House?
(a) A generator.
(b) A heater.
(c) A tennis ball launcher.
(d) A fan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?

2. 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?

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

4. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?

5. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?

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