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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

2. On the last day of school, Mr. Hill gave Elwood a book by which black writer?
(a) Lucille Clifton.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

3. Turner got jealous sometimes when Elwood's grandmother Harriet brought Elwood which items during her visits?
(a) Puzzles.
(b) Books.
(c) Letters.
(d) Snacks.

4. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?
(a) The University of Miami.
(b) The University of South Florida.
(c) Alabama State University.
(d) Florida State University.

5. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Laughlin.
(b) McCullough.
(c) Broward.
(d) Frenchtown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?

2. How many of Elwood's long-time acquaintances beat him up and broke the chain on his bike in retaliation for his interruption of their theft spree?

3. What percentage of Elwood's college fund was used to hire a lawyer to help him get sent to Nickel?

4. In what kind of location in Tallahassee had Jaime liked to hang out with his friends before his stint at Nickel?

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

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