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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. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Mr. Marconi.
(d) Mr. Hill.

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

3. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?
(a) He did not know.
(b) None.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

4. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) September.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?

2. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?

3. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?

4. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?

5. 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)?

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