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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. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?
(a) The University of South Florida.
(b) Alabama State University.
(c) Florida State University.
(d) The University of Miami.

2. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Broward.
(c) Miami.
(d) Tallahassee.

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

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

5. From what material were the buildings on Nickel's property composed?
(a) Stone.
(b) Metal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Brick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?

2. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?

3. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?

4. The floor of the White House carried the stench of what substance "that had soaked into the concrete" (67)?

5. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?

(see the answer key)

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