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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On the last day of school, Mr. Hill gave Elwood a book by which black writer?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

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

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

6. The floor of the White House carried the stench of what substance "that had soaked into the concrete" (67)?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Pain.
(c) Urine.
(d) Blood.

7. On what day of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel does he meet Turner?
(a) His tenth.
(b) His first.
(c) His third.
(d) His second.

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

9. Elwood was told that "classroom instruction" (51) took place how often at Nickel?
(a) Twice a month.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every other day, but not on Sunday.
(d) Three times per day.

10. What profanity-laden items were passed on to the black students at Lincoln High School whenever the students at the white high school received new ones?
(a) Sports equipment.
(b) Uniforms.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Desks.

11. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Mr. Hill.
(d) Mr. Marconi.

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

13. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

14. When Elwood joined the A and M students in a protest during his junior year, they were all fighting to integrate what type of establishments?
(a) Movie theaters.
(b) Schools.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Churches.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?

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

4. When Elwood Curtis saw what kind of trees over the shoulder of the reporter on television, he knew he would have to return to the Nickel Academy?

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

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