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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many feet long was the leather strap called Black Beauty" (67)?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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) Uniforms.
(c) Sports equipment.
(d) Textbooks.

8. During what period of Elwood's life did he play a game wherein he tried to guess how may "Negro patrons" (18) were seated in the Richmond Hotel's dining room?
(a) 6 to 9.
(b) 9 to 12.
(c) 9 to 14.
(d) 13 to 15.

9. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

10. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?
(a) Spencer and Thomas.
(b) Turner and Blakely.
(c) Harper and Desmond.
(d) Pat and Desmond.

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

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

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

14. Turner told Elwood upon their first meeting that he hailed from what city?
(a) Houston.
(b) Galveston.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Gainesville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?

3. The White House had once been used in what other capacity?

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

5. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?

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