View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For how many years had the Nickel Academy been closed when the college students located the secret cemetery on its grounds?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 24 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?

2. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?

3. What was the name of the Community Service supervisor under whom Elwood eventually worked after Turner's recommendation?

4. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?

5. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample