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

2. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?
(a) 31.
(b) 27.
(c) 15.
(d) 43.

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

4. What was the name of Elwood's house father at Nickel?
(a) Turner.
(b) Harrison.
(c) Blakely.
(d) Harper.

5. 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) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?

2. What criminal acts occurred in the location at Nickel known as "Lovers' Lane" (121)?

3. At what traditional Nickel event did Jaime successfully poison Earl?

4. When Harriet worried about the dangers involved in fighting for civil rights, she always returned to her belief in what as "a fundamental virtue" (33)?

5. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?

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