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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. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

2. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?
(a) Fury Hill.
(b) Tartin Hill.
(c) Dime Hill.
(d) Boot Hill.

3. How much of the Florida government's publishing was done on Nickel property at the time of Elwood's arrival?
(a) All of it.
(b) Half of it.
(c) The majority of it.
(d) One-quarter of it.

4. Harper's first words to Elwood were that Turner had promised that Elwood knew how to take what action?
(a) How to keep his mouth shut.
(b) Smile through the pain.
(c) Lay bricks.
(d) Follow directions.

5. While the black inmates of Nickel called the building used for whippings "the White House," who called the building "the Ice Cream Factory" (66)?
(a) The housemen of Nickel.
(b) The cooks of Nickel.
(c) Spencer.
(d) The white inmates of Nickel.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?

2. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?

3. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?

4. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?

5. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?

(see the answer key)

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