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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?
(a) Their chests.
(b) Their legs.
(c) Their stomachs.
(d) Their backs.

2. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?
(a) The University of Miami.
(b) The University of South Florida.
(c) Florida State University.
(d) Alabama State University.

3. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Laughlin.
(b) Broward.
(c) McCullough.
(d) Frenchtown.

4. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?
(a) Superintendent Spencer.
(b) Freddie Rich.
(c) Director Hardee.
(d) Big Chet.

5. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?
(a) Bum beef.
(b) All day.
(c) Free world.
(d) Brake fluid.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many nights was Elwood permitted to sleep in his own home between his sentencing and his departure for Nickel?

2. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?

3. Turner told Elwood that only boys with what quality were ever taken "out back" (103)?

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. Upon Elwood's arrival, Nickel housed "over" (49) how many inmates?

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