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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. In what part of Elwood's body did he experience severe twinges of pain once he reached adulthood?
(a) His stomach.
(b) His knee.
(c) His back.
(d) His neck.

2. In Chapter 11, Denise and Elwood watched which movie together that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier?
(a) The Defiant Ones.
(b) A Raisin in the Sun.
(c) Some Like it Hot.
(d) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

3. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?
(a) Dead.
(b) Suicidal.
(c) Homicidal.
(d) Scarred for life.

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

5. Chapter 16 declares that "after the Civil War," a person convicted of a "Jim Crow charge" (191) was fined how many dollars?
(a) $10.
(b) $3.
(c) $5.
(d) $2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?

2. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?

3. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?

4. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?

5. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?

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