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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. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?
(a) A rail.
(b) A rope.
(c) A timer.
(d) A chain.

2. Elwood decided in Chapter 8 that he would get out of Nickel how many months before the judge's sentence was up?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what punishment did Superintendent Spencer threaten Griff if he refused to lose the boxing match on purpose?

2. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?

3. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?

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. On what part of Nickel's campus were the white inmates housed?

(see the answer key)

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