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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what year did Elwood receive "the best gift of his life" (11) for Christmas?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1962.

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

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

8. 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 took away his college savings.
(c) She made him do yard work.
(d) She beat him with a belt.

9. 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) Respect.
(b) Honor.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Dignity.

10. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. 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) Pat and Desmond.
(c) Harper and Desmond.
(d) Turner and Blakely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?

3. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?

4. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?

5. In addition to Spencer, how many other men came to fetch Elwood and other boys on the night of Elwood's first trip to the White House?

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