The Nickel Boys Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Colson Whitehead
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Nickel Boys Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Colson Whitehead
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?
(a) Griff.
(b) Cory.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Turner.

2. In Chapter 11, Denise and Elwood watched which movie together that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier?
(a) A Raisin in the Sun.
(b) The Defiant Ones.
(c) Some Like it Hot.
(d) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

3. What aspect of Nickel's abuse was NOT named in Elwood's letter to the state inspectors?
(a) Griff's disappearance after the boxing championship.
(b) Black Beauty.
(c) Lovers' Lane.
(d) The White House.

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

5. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?

2. In what kind of location in Tallahassee had Jaime liked to hang out with his friends before his stint at Nickel?

3. Blakely told Elwood that the younger boys at Nickel were called by what name for an inexplicable reason?

4. How did Turner make his displeasure known after Elwood shared his plan to slip a whistle-blowing letter about Nickel to the state inspectors?

5. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?

(see the answer key)

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