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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The entirety of the Nickel property numbered how many acres in total?
(a) 1,400.
(b) 800.
(c) 500.
(d) 300.

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

3. 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) The housemen of Nickel.
(c) Spencer.
(d) The white inmates of Nickel.

4. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Mr. Hill.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Mr. Marconi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?

2. The first line of the Prologue of The Nickel Boys states that "Even in death, the boys were" (3) what?

3. 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?

4. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?

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

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