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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. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

2. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?
(a) Sturdy.
(b) Patient.
(c) Smart.
(d) Present.

3. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1921.

4. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 24 years.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 12 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Elwood was shocked to find that "most of the Nickel boys couldn't" (59) take what action?

2. 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?

3. In what year did the annual boxing championship fought between a black Nickel boy and a white Nickel boy begin?

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

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

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