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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 14-16 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Clayton Smith rode with the man who had given him a ride, he imagined a posse looking for him with which character "at the head" (150)?
(a) Earl.
(b) Superintendent Spencer.
(c) Blakely.
(d) Freddie Rich.

3. Harper told Elwood that the state had recently "cracked down" (89) on Nickel's selling-off of what materials meant for the white students?
(a) Foodstuffs.
(b) Landscaping tools.
(c) School supplies.
(d) Clothes.

4. In what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1962.

5. In what kind of a shop was 13-year-old Elwood hired to work for Mr. Marconi?
(a) A book shop.
(b) A water sports shop.
(c) A tobacco shop.
(d) A shoe shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two adjectives did adult Elwood use in Chapter 13 to describe crowds at the New York City marathon?

2. Which staff member did Superintendent Spencer bring with him when he "paid Elwood a visit" (194) in the dark room where Elwood was imprisoned?

3. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?

4. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?

5. What rule of Turner's own making did he break while helping Elwood to escape from Nickel?

(see the answer key)

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