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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. What criminal acts occurred in the location at Nickel known as "Lovers' Lane" (121)?
(a) Theft.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Child rape.
(d) Murder.

2. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?
(a) Brake fluid.
(b) All day.
(c) Free world.
(d) Bum beef.

3. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?
(a) 100.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

4. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?
(a) 20.
(b) 42.
(c) 36.
(d) 24.

5. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?
(a) Griff.
(b) Turner.
(c) Jaime.
(d) Desmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Hill started teaching history at Lincoln High School when Elwood was a student in which year of high school?

2. 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?

3. On what day of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel does he meet Turner?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, Elwood "returned to the yard crew" (64) after a several-day stay in what location?

5. During what period of Elwood's life did he play a game wherein he tried to guess how may "Negro patrons" (18) were seated in the Richmond Hotel's dining room?

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