View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?
(a) The kitchen staff.
(b) The waiters.
(c) The bellboys.
(d) The concierges.

3. 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?
(a) Tallahassee.
(b) Boca Raton.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Miami.

4. When Elwood joined the A and M students in a protest during his junior year, they were all fighting to integrate what type of establishments?
(a) Churches.
(b) Movie theaters.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Schools.

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) Unity.
(b) Past.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Haunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?

2. How many afternoons did Elwood spend at the Richmond Hotel after the trick was played on him with the use of encyclopedias?

3. Elwood was told that "classroom instruction" (51) took place how often at Nickel?

4. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?

5. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample