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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who presented Elwood with a recording called "Martin Luther King at Zion Hill" (11)?
(a) Mr. Hill.
(b) Mr. Marconi.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Harriet.

2. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) December.
(d) September.

3. How many feet long was the leather strap called Black Beauty" (67)?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?
(a) Turner.
(b) Cory.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Griff.

5. Within what room at Nickel did Elwood intervene in a fight, earning him a trip to the White House?
(a) The dining hall.
(b) Elwood's homeroom.
(c) The dormitory room.
(d) The bathroom.

6. Blakely told Elwood that the younger boys at Nickel were called by what name for an inexplicable reason?
(a) Chucks.
(b) Suits.
(c) Janes.
(d) Rents.

7. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?
(a) Ebony.
(b) Time.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Life.

8. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

9. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?
(a) Florida State University.
(b) The University of South Florida.
(c) The University of Miami.
(d) Alabama State University.

10. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?
(a) Dime Hill.
(b) Fury Hill.
(c) Boot Hill.
(d) Tartin Hill.

11. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

12. When Harriet found out about Elwood's participation in a protest, in what way did she punish him?
(a) She beat him with a belt.
(b) She made him do yard work.
(c) She took away his record player.
(d) She took away his college savings.

13. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

14. The entirety of the Nickel property numbered how many acres in total?
(a) 800.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 300.

15. In what Florida city did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Miami.
(b) Broward.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Tallahassee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Elwood started to work for Mr. Marconi, Harriet put half of his wages toward household expenses and saved the other half for what expense?

2. When Harriet worried about the dangers involved in fighting for civil rights, she always returned to her belief in what as "a fundamental virtue" (33)?

3. When Elwood joined the A and M students in a protest during his junior year, they were all fighting to integrate what type of establishments?

4. Former Nickel Boys are said in the Prologue to have organized support groups in "recent years" (5) in order to reassemble their memories into "confirmation of a shared" (5) what?

5. Elwood was told that "classroom instruction" (51) took place how often at Nickel?

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