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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Part One: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Uniforms.
(b) Sports equipment.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Desks.

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Past.
(c) Haunting.
(d) Unity.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?

2. The national press picked up the story about the secret cemetery at Nickel Academy after a newspaper from what city published a story about it first?

3. When Elwood Curtis saw what kind of trees over the shoulder of the reporter on television, he knew he would have to return to the Nickel Academy?

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

5. What subject did Mr. Hill teach at Lincoln High School when he talked to Elwood about taking college classes during Elwood's senior year?

(see the answer key)

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