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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 minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

2. Blakely told Elwood that the younger boys at Nickel were called by what name for an inexplicable reason?
(a) Janes.
(b) Suits.
(c) Rents.
(d) Chucks.

3. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 5.

5. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?

2. Which two classes did Elwood miss on his very first day of educational instruction at Nickel?

3. The entirety of the Nickel property numbered how many acres in total?

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

5. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?

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