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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. Once Elwood started to work for Mr. Marconi, Harriet put half of his wages toward household expenses and saved the other half for what expense?
(a) A tour of Europe.
(b) Evelyn's rehabilitation.
(c) College.
(d) A car.

2. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?
(a) Florida State University.
(b) The University of South Florida.
(c) Alabama State University.
(d) The University of Miami.

3. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Mr. Marconi.
(c) Mr. Hill.
(d) Evelyn.

4. When Elwood Curtis saw what kind of trees over the shoulder of the reporter on television, he knew he would have to return to the Nickel Academy?
(a) Cedars.
(b) Maples.
(c) Oaks.
(d) Madronas.

5. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?
(a) 24 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 12 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Harriet worried about the dangers involved in fighting for civil rights, she always returned to her belief in what as "a fundamental virtue" (33)?

3. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?

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

5. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?

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