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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 14-16 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first line of the Prologue of The Nickel Boys states that "Even in death, the boys were" (3) what?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Noisy.
(c) Together.
(d) Trouble.

2. What fear had kept Superintendent Spencer and the other Nickel staff from taking Elwood "out back" (195) on the day they learned of Elwood's letter to the state inspectors?
(a) Fear of loss of revenue.
(b) Fear of criminal prosecution.
(c) Fear of a Nickel-wide riot.
(d) Fear of retaliation.

3. Chapter 16 declares that "after the Civil War," a person convicted of a "Jim Crow charge" (191) was fined how many dollars?
(a) $2.
(b) $10.
(c) $3.
(d) $5.

4. What aspect of Nickel's abuse was NOT named in Elwood's letter to the state inspectors?
(a) Griff's disappearance after the boxing championship.
(b) Lovers' Lane.
(c) Black Beauty.
(d) The White House.

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?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Turner told Elwood that if he were to run away from Nickel, he would head in what direction "because they ain't expecting it" (122)?

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

3. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?

4. When Elwood started his own moving company, he bought a 1967 van of what make?

5. What criminal acts occurred in the location at Nickel known as "Lovers' Lane" (121)?

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