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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. Visitors from how many different states flocked to attend Nickel's Christmas Fair each year?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?
(a) The kitchen staff.
(b) The concierges.
(c) The waiters.
(d) The bellboys.

3. In Chapter 11, Denise and Elwood watched which movie together that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier?
(a) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
(b) The Defiant Ones.
(c) Some Like it Hot.
(d) A Raisin in the Sun.

4. What was the name of the Community Service supervisor under whom Elwood eventually worked after Turner's recommendation?
(a) Lonnie.
(b) Desmond.
(c) Harper.
(d) Blakely.

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?
(a) 9 to 14.
(b) 6 to 9.
(c) 9 to 12.
(d) 13 to 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?

2. What did Elwood do with Chickie Pete's red napkin at the end of Chapter 13?

3. 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?

4. In what part of Elwood's body did he receive a punch from Black Mike at the scene of Elwood's intervention in the middle of a fight?

5. What name did Elwood decide to bestow upon the moving company he had personally founded?

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