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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?
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?
4. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to prevent Elwood from attending his first class at Marvin Griggs Technical?
2. Who or what was Black Beauty within the twisted world of Nickel?
3. 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)?
4. For what purpose does Whitehead allude to Life magazine within Chapter 2?
5. How are the themes of brutality and oppression intertwined within Chapter 6?
6. Who was Elwood and what event prompted him to need to return to Nickel?
7. How many boys were incarcerated at Nickel at the time of Elwood's arrival and in what way was the campus divided into two?
8. For what purpose does Whitehead allude to The Andy Griffith Show in Chapter 7?
9. For what reason was Elwood unable to get a full night's sleep the day of his arrival at Nickel?
10. In what way did the grounds of Nickel surprise Elwood upon his arrival and what is this detail's significance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Whitehead in order to create vivid pictures of the reformatory school central to the narrative of The Nickel Boys. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Whitehead’s creation of an effective novel setting.
Essay Topic 2
What techniques does Whitehead use to mislead the reader throughout the narrative of The Nickel Boys and for what purpose does he enact these instances of misdirection?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Nickel Boys and analyze Whitehead’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
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