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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?
(a) He was called Elwood Curtis.
(b) He went by the name of Elwood Curtis.
(c) His name was Elwood Curtis.
(d) He liked to be called Elwood Curtis.

3. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?
(a) Their chests.
(b) Their stomachs.
(c) Their backs.
(d) Their legs.

4. The White House had once been used in what other capacity?
(a) As a game room.
(b) As a work shed.
(c) As a schoolroom.
(d) As a chapel.

5. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 24 years.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 12 years.

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

7. On what day of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel does he meet Turner?
(a) His tenth.
(b) His second.
(c) His first.
(d) His third.

8. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

9. Upon Elwood's arrival, Nickel housed "over" (49) how many inmates?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 600.
(c) 800.
(d) 300.

10. During what period of Elwood's life did he play a game wherein he tried to guess how may "Negro patrons" (18) were seated in the Richmond Hotel's dining room?
(a) 9 to 12.
(b) 13 to 15.
(c) 6 to 9.
(d) 9 to 14.

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

12. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?
(a) A chain.
(b) A timer.
(c) A rail.
(d) A rope.

13. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?
(a) 18.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

14. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Tallahassee.
(c) Miami.
(d) Broward.

15. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the last day of school, Mr. Hill gave Elwood a book by which black writer?

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

3. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?

4. At what time of the morning did the Nickel staff arrive in order to take Elwood and the others to receive their punishment for fighting?

5. While the black inmates of Nickel called the building used for whippings "the White House," who called the building "the Ice Cream Factory" (66)?

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