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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. 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) Uniforms.
(c) Desks.
(d) Textbooks.

2. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

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

4. In what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1953.

5. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) McCullough.
(b) Frenchtown.
(c) Laughlin.
(d) Broward.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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