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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 4-7.

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) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. How many feet long was the leather strap called Black Beauty" (67)?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. In what kind of a shop was 13-year-old Elwood hired to work for Mr. Marconi?
(a) A tobacco shop.
(b) A water sports shop.
(c) A shoe shop.
(d) A book shop.

4. At what time of the morning did the Nickel staff arrive in order to take Elwood and the others to receive their punishment for fighting?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

5. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. While the black inmates of Nickel called the building used for whippings "the White House," who called the building "the Ice Cream Factory" (66)?

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

4. Within what room at Nickel did Elwood intervene in a fight, earning him a trip to the White House?

5. Former Nickel Boys are said in the Prologue to have organized support groups in "recent years" (5) in order to reassemble their memories into "confirmation of a shared" (5) what?

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