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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. How many of Elwood's long-time acquaintances beat him up and broke the chain on his bike in retaliation for his interruption of their theft spree?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

3. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1998.

4. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?
(a) Desmond.
(b) Griff.
(c) Turner.
(d) Jaime.

5. In what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon Elwood's arrival, Nickel housed "over" (49) how many inmates?

2. How much of the Florida government's publishing was done on Nickel property at the time of Elwood's arrival?

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

4. The first line of the Prologue of The Nickel Boys states that "Even in death, the boys were" (3) what?

5. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?

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