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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) Frenchtown.
(b) Broward.
(c) Laughlin.
(d) McCullough.

2. What was the name of Elwood's house father at Nickel?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Harper.
(c) Turner.
(d) Blakely.

3. 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) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

5. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?
(a) Turner.
(b) Jaime.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Griff.

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

7. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

8. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

9. The floor of the White House carried the stench of what substance "that had soaked into the concrete" (67)?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Blood.
(c) Urine.
(d) Pain.

10. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?
(a) Desmond.
(b) Turner.
(c) Gil.
(d) Cory.

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

12. 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.

13. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Respect.
(d) Honor.

14. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?
(a) Griff.
(b) Black Mike.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) Desmond.

15. While the black inmates of Nickel called the building used for whippings "the White House," who called the building "the Ice Cream Factory" (66)?
(a) Spencer.
(b) The white inmates of Nickel.
(c) The housemen of Nickel.
(d) The cooks of Nickel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many generations of Elwood's family had worked at the Richmond Hotel over the years?

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

3. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?

4. How many feet long was the leather strap called Black Beauty" (67)?

5. What subject did Mr. Hill teach at Lincoln High School when he talked to Elwood about taking college classes during Elwood's senior year?

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