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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Elwood joined the A and M students in a protest during his junior year, they were all fighting to integrate what type of establishments?
(a) Churches.
(b) Movie theaters.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Schools.

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

3. 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.

4. How many afternoons did Elwood spend at the Richmond Hotel after the trick was played on him with the use of encyclopedias?
(a) 30.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 9.

5. Upon Elwood's arrival, Nickel housed "over" (49) how many inmates?
(a) 800.
(b) 300.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 600.

Short Answer Questions

1. Former Nickel Boys are said in the Prologue to have organized support groups in "recent years" (5) in order to reassemble their memories into "confirmation of a shared" (5) what?

2. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?

3. The national press picked up the story about the secret cemetery at Nickel Academy after a newspaper from what city published a story about it first?

4. Visitors from how many different states flocked to attend Nickel's Christmas Fair each year?

5. During what period of Elwood's life did he play a game wherein he tried to guess how may "Negro patrons" (18) were seated in the Richmond Hotel's dining room?

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