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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. Which two classes did Elwood miss on his very first day of educational instruction at Nickel?
(a) Music class and drama class.
(b) Science class and English class.
(c) Math class and history class.
(d) Art class and shop class.

4. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?
(a) Dime Hill.
(b) Boot Hill.
(c) Tartin Hill.
(d) Fury Hill.

5. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?
(a) 50.
(b) 40.
(c) 100.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?

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

3. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?

4. What profanity-laden items were passed on to the black students at Lincoln High School whenever the students at the white high school received new ones?

5. Within what room at Nickel did Elwood intervene in a fight, earning him a trip to the White House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which two momentous events happened on Elwood's second day at Nickel, as announced at the start of Chapter 5?

2. In what way does Whitehead employ foreshadowing about Superintendent Spencer's character?

3. What happened to prevent Elwood from attending his first class at Marvin Griggs Technical?

4. In what way was Elwood's family history intertwined with the Richmond Hotel in Tallahassee?

5. Who was Elwood and what event prompted him to need to return to Nickel?

6. How many boys were incarcerated at Nickel at the time of Elwood's arrival and in what way was the campus divided into two?

7. What disappointing news did Blakely reveal to Elwood about educational opportunities at Nickel?

8. What was ironic about Harriet's punishment of Elwood upon learning that he had participated in a protest?

9. Who was Mr. Hill?

10. What major discovery is described in the Prologue as having led to widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy?

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