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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?
2. Superintendent Spencer told Elwood and the other newly-arrived Nickel Boys that they would be allowed to leave once they reached what status?
3. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
4. 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?
5. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was ironic about Harriet's punishment of Elwood upon learning that he had participated in a protest?
2. In what way did the grounds of Nickel surprise Elwood upon his arrival and what is this detail's significance?
3. Who or what was Black Beauty within the twisted world of Nickel?
4. For what purpose does Whitehead allude to Life magazine within Chapter 2?
5. In what way does the theme of collectivism arise within the Prologue of The Nickel Boys?
6. Who was Mr. Hill?
7. What major discovery is described in the Prologue as having led to widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy?
8. What does the industrial fan within Chapter 6 symbolize and with what theme does Whitehead connect the fan?
9. In what way does Whitehead employ foreshadowing about Superintendent Spencer's character?
10. How does Whitehead use personification to depict the way that Harriet tried not to get her hopes up about the progress the black community might make in the wake of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Whitehead's message regarding the actions people must take in order to combat systematic racism built into the fabric of the United States?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of Elwood's grandmother Harriet within The Nickel Boys. How does Whitehead use Harriet's role to highlight themes included within the overall narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Whitehead's choice to tell the story of The Nickel Boys using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Whitehead’s intended effects on the reader?
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