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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 desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 100.

2. In what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1953.

3. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) December.

4. 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) Darkness.
(c) Haunting.
(d) Past.

5. What was the name of Elwood's house father at Nickel?
(a) Turner.
(b) Blakely.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Harper.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. During what period of Elwood's life did he play a game wherein he tried to guess how may "Negro patrons" (18) were seated in the Richmond Hotel's dining room?

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

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

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