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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?
(a) Time.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Ebony.
(d) Life.

2. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Broward.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Tallahassee.
(d) Miami.

3. 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.

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

5. Superintendent Spencer told Elwood and the other newly-arrived Nickel Boys that they would be allowed to leave once they reached what status?
(a) Ace.
(b) Pioneer.
(c) Grub.
(d) Explorer.

6. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

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

9. From what material were the buildings on Nickel's property composed?
(a) Metal.
(b) Stone.
(c) Brick.
(d) Wood.

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

11. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?
(a) 31.
(b) 15.
(c) 27.
(d) 43.

12. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?
(a) He went by the name of Elwood Curtis.
(b) He liked to be called Elwood Curtis.
(c) His name was Elwood Curtis.
(d) He was called Elwood Curtis.

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

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 concierges.
(c) The bellboys.
(d) The waiters.

15. 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) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?

2. What machine was used to mask the screams of the boys as they were punished within the White House?

3. At what time of the morning did the Nickel staff arrive in order to take Elwood and the others to receive their punishment for fighting?

4. When Harriet found out about Elwood's participation in a protest, in what way did she punish him?

5. The entirety of the Nickel property numbered how many acres in total?

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