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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 14-16 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Blakely.
(b) Harper.
(c) Spencer.
(d) The social worker.

2. How often did Harriet visit Elwood at Nickel during his incarceration there?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once every two months.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Twice a month.

3. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Respect.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Honor.

4. What kind of strike was happening at the time Elwood moved to New York City?
(a) A petroleum workers' strike.
(b) A garbage workers' strike.
(c) A teachers' strike.
(d) A writers' strike.

5. For how many years had Millie and Turner known one another before he told her about some of the horrors that occurred at Nickel?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 19.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who revealed that he had been punched in the stomach by a particular supervisor for the transgression of talking to a white Nickel boy?

2. What percentage of Elwood's college fund was used to hire a lawyer to help him get sent to Nickel?

3. In what building at Nickel was the basement termed "Lovers' Lane" located?

4. Chapter 12 states that in what year, a young inmate at Nickel "died of heart failure while locked in a sweatbox" (144)?

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

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