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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon Elwood's arrival, Nickel housed "over" (49) how many inmates?
(a) 300.
(b) 800.
(c) 600.
(d) 1,300.

2. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?
(a) None.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) He did not know.

3. 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) 13 to 15.
(c) 9 to 12.
(d) 6 to 9.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?

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

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

4. In what kind of a shop was 13-year-old Elwood hired to work for Mr. Marconi?

5. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Elwood and what event prompted him to need to return to Nickel?

2. What disappointing news did Blakely reveal to Elwood about educational opportunities at Nickel?

3. Which two momentous events happened on Elwood's second day at Nickel, as announced at the start of Chapter 5?

4. Who was Mr. Hill?

5. How many boys were incarcerated at Nickel at the time of Elwood's arrival and in what way was the campus divided into two?

6. For what purpose does Whitehead allude to The Andy Griffith Show in Chapter 7?

7. How did Elwood turn the nasty trick played by the Richmond Hotel staff into a boon?

8. Who or what was Black Beauty within the twisted world of Nickel?

9. For what purpose does Whitehead allude to Life magazine within Chapter 2?

10. What examples does the narrator use to back up the claim that Harriet was rarely able to "make proper goodbyes to her loved ones" (70)?

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