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

2. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?
(a) Desmond.
(b) Cory.
(c) Gil.
(d) Turner.

3. The first line of the Prologue of The Nickel Boys states that "Even in death, the boys were" (3) what?
(a) Together.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Noisy.

4. Which two classes did Elwood miss on his very first day of educational instruction at Nickel?
(a) Art class and shop class.
(b) Math class and history class.
(c) Music class and drama class.
(d) Science class and English class.

5. In what part of Elwood's body did he receive a punch from Black Mike at the scene of Elwood's intervention in the middle of a fight?
(a) His ear.
(b) His chest.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His jaw.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?

3. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?

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

5. What was the name of Elwood's house father at Nickel?

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