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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. In what month did Elwood first move to New York City?
2. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?
3. The winter when Harriet missed a visit due to illness was a time during which Elwood, Turner, Desmond and Jaimie played what game together most afternoons?
4. Visitors from how many different states flocked to attend Nickel's Christmas Fair each year?
5. In what year did the annual boxing championship fought between a black Nickel boy and a white Nickel boy begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What new opportunity did Elwood receive at Nickel due to Turner's recommendation?
2. What kind of strike was happening in New York City upon Elwood's arrival in the city as an adult?
3. What did adult Elwood do with the napkin associated with Chickie Pete and why?
4. Which staff member at Nickel did Elwood name as the man he would like to poison?
5. How did Elwood meet Denise?
6. At what conclusion did Elwood finally arrive when he contemplated the reason for his vicious beating in the White House?
7. What does the set of "Chipwick's British Classics" (84) symbolize within the novel?
8. For what reason did Elwood become angry at Chickie Pete during their reunion?
9. What bad news did Harriet deliver to her grandson Elwood in Chapter 12 when she came for a visit after missing one due to illness?
10. What event caused Elwood to decide to put into motion his plan to "get rid of Nickel" (157)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of political activism treated within The Nickel Boys and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What ultimate message is Whitehead sending about the nature and value of compassion?
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