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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. For how many years had the black boys held the Nickel boxing title prior to Griff's participation?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

2. The winter when Harriet missed a visit due to illness was a time during which Elwood, Turner, Desmond and Jaimie played what game together most afternoons?
(a) Pinochle.
(b) Life.
(c) Yahtzee.
(d) Monopoly.

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

4. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?
(a) Director Hardee.
(b) Big Chet.
(c) Freddie Rich.
(d) Superintendent Spencer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Clinton Smith accepted a ride from a man driving what kind of vehicle?

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

5. On what day of Clinton Smith's freedom from Nickel did he decide it was safe enough for him to hitchhike?

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