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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 15.
(b) 31.
(c) 43.
(d) 27.

2. The narrator states that the annual boxing championship was the black Nickel boys' "sole acquaintance" with what "at Nickel" (98)?
(a) Justice.
(b) Glee.
(c) Victory.
(d) White Nickel boys.

3. What subject did Mr. Hill teach at Lincoln High School when he talked to Elwood about taking college classes during Elwood's senior year?
(a) Music.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Chemistry.

4. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 18.

5. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?
(a) He went by the name of Elwood Curtis.
(b) He was called Elwood Curtis.
(c) He liked to be called Elwood Curtis.
(d) His name was Elwood Curtis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Mr. Hill visit Elwood in order to tell him about the college program for high school students?

2. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?

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

4. Who revealed that he had been punched in the stomach by a particular supervisor for the transgression of talking to a white Nickel boy?

5. On what part of Nickel's campus were the white inmates housed?

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