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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. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?
(a) Harper and Desmond.
(b) Pat and Desmond.
(c) Turner and Blakely.
(d) Spencer and Thomas.

2. 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) Unity.
(d) Haunting.

3. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?
(a) 15.
(b) 43.
(c) 31.
(d) 27.

4. The entirety of the Nickel property numbered how many acres in total?
(a) 300.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 800.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?

3. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?

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

5. Mr. Hill started teaching history at Lincoln High School when Elwood was a student in which year of high school?

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