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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 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) Maples.
(b) Cedars.
(c) Oaks.
(d) Madronas.

2. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) August.

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

4. How many of Elwood's long-time acquaintances beat him up and broke the chain on his bike in retaliation for his interruption of their theft spree?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?

2. What was the name of Elwood's house father at Nickel?

3. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?

4. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?

5. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?

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