2. Mr. Hill started teaching history at Lincoln High School when Elwood was a student in which year of high school?
(a) Sophomore.
(b) Senior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Junior.

3. Once Elwood started to work for Mr. Marconi, Harriet put half of his wages toward household expenses and saved the other half for what expense?
(a) Evelyn's rehabilitation.
(b) A tour of Europe.
(c) A car.
(d) College.

4. What was the name of Elwood's house father at Nickel?
(a) Turner.
(b) Harrison.
(c) Blakely.
(d) Harper.

5. For how many nights was Elwood permitted to sleep in his own home between his sentencing and his departure for Nickel?
(a) 14.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

6. How many afternoons did Elwood spend at the Richmond Hotel after the trick was played on him with the use of encyclopedias?
(a) 1.
(b) 9.
(c) 30.
(d) 3.

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

8. While the black inmates of Nickel called the building used for whippings "the White House," who called the building "the Ice Cream Factory" (66)?
(a) The cooks of Nickel.
(b) Spencer.
(c) The housemen of Nickel.
(d) The white inmates of Nickel.

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

10. The national press picked up the story about the secret cemetery at Nickel Academy after a newspaper from what city published a story about it first?
(a) Miami.
(b) Boca Raton.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Tallahassee.

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

12. 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?
(a) Artwork by black visual artists.
(b) Black newspapers.
(c) Novels by black writers.
(d) Black hair products.

13. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1949.

14. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?
(a) Ebony.
(b) Life.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Time.

15. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harriet worried about the dangers involved in fighting for civil rights, she always returned to her belief in what as "a fundamental virtue" (33)?

2. 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?

3. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?

4. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?

5. The White House had once been used in what other capacity?

(see the answer keys)

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