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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. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 11.

2. 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) 6 to 9.
(c) 9 to 14.
(d) 13 to 15.

3. 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) 14.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

4. The first line of the Prologue of The Nickel Boys states that "Even in death, the boys were" (3) what?
(a) Trouble.
(b) Noisy.
(c) Together.
(d) Exuberant.

5. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?
(a) Turner and Blakely.
(b) Spencer and Thomas.
(c) Pat and Desmond.
(d) Harper and Desmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?

2. From what material were the buildings on Nickel's property composed?

3. In addition to Spencer, how many other men came to fetch Elwood and other boys on the night of Elwood's first trip to the White House?

4. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?

5. For how many nights was Elwood permitted to sleep in his own home between his sentencing and his departure for Nickel?

(see the answer key)

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