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

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

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

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?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?

3. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?

4. 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?

5. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?

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