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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many afternoons did Elwood spend at the Richmond Hotel after the trick was played on him with the use of encyclopedias?
(a) 9.
(b) 1.
(c) 30.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

6. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Respect.
(c) Honor.
(d) Honesty.

7. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?
(a) Turner.
(b) Griff.
(c) Jaime.
(d) Desmond.

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

9. Which two classes did Elwood miss on his very first day of educational instruction at Nickel?
(a) Art class and shop class.
(b) Science class and English class.
(c) Math class and history class.
(d) Music class and drama class.

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

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

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

13. 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) Unity.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Past.

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

15. 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) 9 to 14.
(b) 6 to 9.
(c) 9 to 12.
(d) 13 to 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Once Elwood started to work for Mr. Marconi, Harriet put half of his wages toward household expenses and saved the other half for what expense?

3. Though Mr. Marconi had already carried black magazines in his shop, Elwood got him to order what other items tailored to the black community's needs?

4. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?

5. Upon Elwood's arrival, Nickel housed "over" (49) how many inmates?

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