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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. Within what room at Nickel did Elwood intervene in a fight, earning him a trip to the White House?
(a) The dining hall.
(b) Elwood's homeroom.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The dormitory room.

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

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

4. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) None.
(d) He did not know.

5. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Former Nickel Boys are said in the Prologue to have organized support groups in "recent years" (5) in order to reassemble their memories into "confirmation of a shared" (5) what?

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

3. How much of the Florida government's publishing was done on Nickel property at the time of Elwood's arrival?

4. 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?

5. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?

(see the answer key)

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