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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. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?
(a) 6.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

2. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. 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) Sports equipment.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) Textbooks.

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

5. When Harriet found out about Elwood's participation in a protest, in what way did she punish him?
(a) She took away his record player.
(b) She made him do yard work.
(c) She beat him with a belt.
(d) She took away his college savings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of a shop was 13-year-old Elwood hired to work for Mr. Marconi?

2. 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?

3. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?

4. 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?

5. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?

(see the answer key)

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