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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 what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1971.

2. What profanity-laden items were passed on to the black students at Lincoln High School whenever the students at the white high school received new ones?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Uniforms.
(c) Desks.
(d) Sports equipment.

3. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

4. 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) Libraries.
(b) Schools.
(c) Churches.
(d) Movie theaters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Phil the houseman told Elwood and the other boys at the scene of the fight that which character would soon hear of the incident?

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?

3. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?

4. The floor of the White House carried the stench of what substance "that had soaked into the concrete" (67)?

5. Blakely told Elwood that the younger boys at Nickel were called by what name for an inexplicable reason?

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