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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Part One: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?
(a) He liked to be called Elwood Curtis.
(b) His name was Elwood Curtis.
(c) He went by the name of Elwood Curtis.
(d) He was called Elwood Curtis.

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) Desks.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) Sports equipment.

3. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?
(a) The concierges.
(b) The waiters.
(c) The kitchen staff.
(d) The bellboys.

4. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

5. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?
(a) Time.
(b) Life.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Ebony.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what period of Elwood's life did he play a game wherein he tried to guess how may "Negro patrons" (18) were seated in the Richmond Hotel's dining room?

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

3. Though Mr. Marconi had already carried black magazines in his shop, Elwood got him to order what other items tailored to the black community's needs?

4. Former Nickel Boys are said in the Prologue to have organized support groups in "recent years" (5) in order to reassemble their memories into "confirmation of a shared" (5) what?

5. On the last day of school, Mr. Hill gave Elwood a book by which black writer?

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