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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Harriet found out about Elwood's participation in a protest, in what way did she punish him?
(a) She took away his college savings.
(b) She beat him with a belt.
(c) She made him do yard work.
(d) She took away his record player.

2. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. Mr. Hill started teaching history at Lincoln High School when Elwood was a student in which year of high school?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Junior.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Senior.

4. In what kind of a shop was 13-year-old Elwood hired to work for Mr. Marconi?
(a) A water sports shop.
(b) A shoe shop.
(c) A book shop.
(d) A tobacco shop.

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

6. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1949.

7. 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 white inmates of Nickel.
(b) The cooks of Nickel.
(c) Spencer.
(d) The housemen of Nickel.

8. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?
(a) None.
(b) He did not know.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

9. The White House had once been used in what other capacity?
(a) As a game room.
(b) As a work shed.
(c) As a schoolroom.
(d) As a chapel.

10. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

11. The first line of the Prologue of The Nickel Boys states that "Even in death, the boys were" (3) what?
(a) Noisy.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Together.

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

13. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

14. For how many nights was Elwood permitted to sleep in his own home between his sentencing and his departure for Nickel?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?

2. Elwood was shocked to find that "most of the Nickel boys couldn't" (59) take what action?

3. Phil the houseman told Elwood and the other boys at the scene of the fight that which character would soon hear of the incident?

4. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?

5. Turner told Elwood upon their first meeting that he hailed from what city?

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