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

2. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?
(a) He was called Elwood Curtis.
(b) His name was Elwood Curtis.
(c) He liked to be called Elwood Curtis.
(d) He went by the name of Elwood Curtis.

3. Superintendent Spencer told Elwood and the other newly-arrived Nickel Boys that they would be allowed to leave once they reached what status?
(a) Pioneer.
(b) Ace.
(c) Explorer.
(d) Grub.

4. When Elwood Curtis saw what kind of trees over the shoulder of the reporter on television, he knew he would have to return to the Nickel Academy?
(a) Cedars.
(b) Maples.
(c) Oaks.
(d) Madronas.

5. For how many nights was Elwood permitted to sleep in his own home between his sentencing and his departure for Nickel?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to Spencer, how many other men came to fetch Elwood and other boys on the night of Elwood's first trip to the White House?

2. Though Mr. Marconi had already carried black magazines in his shop, Elwood got him to order what other items tailored to the black community's needs?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 295 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample