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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?
(a) Desmond.
(b) Cory.
(c) Turner.
(d) Gil.

2. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

4. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?
(a) Lonnie.
(b) Griff.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Black Mike.

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

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

7. The entirety of the Nickel property numbered how many acres in total?
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 800.

8. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?
(a) Their legs.
(b) Their backs.
(c) Their chests.
(d) Their stomachs.

9. Within what room at Nickel did Elwood intervene in a fight, earning him a trip to the White House?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) Elwood's homeroom.
(c) The dormitory room.
(d) The dining hall.

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

11. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?
(a) Turner.
(b) Griff.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Cory.

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

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

14. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?
(a) The kitchen staff.
(b) The waiters.
(c) The concierges.
(d) The bellboys.

15. 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) Uniforms.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Sports equipment.
(d) Desks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Hill started teaching history at Lincoln High School when Elwood was a student in which year of high school?

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

3. When Harriet worried about the dangers involved in fighting for civil rights, she always returned to her belief in what as "a fundamental virtue" (33)?

4. In what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?

5. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?

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