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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the black inmates of Nickel called the building used for whippings "the White House," who called the building "the Ice Cream Factory" (66)?
(a) Spencer.
(b) The cooks of Nickel.
(c) The white inmates of Nickel.
(d) The housemen of Nickel.

2. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

4. 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?
(a) Black newspapers.
(b) Black hair products.
(c) Novels by black writers.
(d) Artwork by black visual artists.

5. Blakely told Elwood that the younger boys at Nickel were called by what name for an inexplicable reason?
(a) Rents.
(b) Chucks.
(c) Janes.
(d) Suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?

2. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?

3. Elwood decided in Chapter 8 that he would get out of Nickel how many months before the judge's sentence was up?

4. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?

5. From what material were the buildings on Nickel's property composed?

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