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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 days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

5. The national press picked up the story about the secret cemetery at Nickel Academy after a newspaper from what city published a story about it first?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Boca Raton.
(c) Miami.
(d) Tallahassee.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?

2. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?

3. 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?

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

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

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