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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. Elwood was told that "classroom instruction" (51) took place how often at Nickel?
(a) Twice a month.
(b) Every day.
(c) Three times per day.
(d) Every other day, but not on Sunday.

2. Turner waited until which staff member was asleep and the other on-duty staff members were at a poker game in order to release Elwood from the dark room?
(a) Freddie Rich.
(b) Director Hardee.
(c) Superintendent Spencer.
(d) Blakely.

3. For what length of time had adult Elwood lived in New York City by the time he ran into Chickie Pete in Chapter 13?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. For how many years had the black boys held the Nickel boxing title prior to Griff's participation?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

5. 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) Churches.
(c) Movie theaters.
(d) Schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Neither Chickie Pete nor Elwood said whose name aloud during their foray into their pasts at Nickel?

2. What machine was used to mask the screams of the boys as they were punished within the White House?

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

4. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?

5. It is revealed at the end of Chapter 16 that which character had died from a fatal shotgun blast inflicted by Harper on the day of the boys' escape?

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