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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 many of Elwood's long-time acquaintances beat him up and broke the chain on his bike in retaliation for his interruption of their theft spree?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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)?
(a) Education.
(b) Respect.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Family bonds.

3. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Tallahassee.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Miami.
(d) Broward.

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) Maples.
(b) Oaks.
(c) Cedars.
(d) Madronas.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?

3. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?

4. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?

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

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