The Nickel Boys Quizzes

The Nickel Boys Quiz 1

1 Where is Elwood from?
Orlando

Tallahassee

Miami

New York City
2 Who are Big Mike and Lonnie beating up when Elwood tries to intervene?
Turner

Jaimie

Corey

Desmond
3 Who (presumably) poisons Earl?
Elwood

Desmond

Jaimie

Turner
4 What point-of-view is The Nickel Boys written from?
Third person

First person

Stream of consciousness

Second person
5 What literary term can be used to describe Elwood and Turner's relationship?
Metaphorical symbols

Literary foils

Antagonists

Partners
6 The leather tool used to beat the boys is called "Black Beauty"—what is the literary term for the way the leather strap is named?
Objectification

Metonymy

Alliteration

Synecdoche
7 Superintendent Spencer is a(n):
Antagonist

Protagonist

Tragic hero

Moral allegory
8 Who is one of Elwood's mentors?
Blakely

Mr. Hill

Superintendent Spencer

Harper
9 Why is Harper so comfortable at Nickel Academy?
He can pass as black

He moved there because his father became the director

He was raised there by his mother, a secretary at the school

He went there as a child
10 Why does Jaimie's nationality make him unique at Nickel?
He teaches the other boys about his culture

He doesn't speak English

He is active in civil rights movements

He doesn't fit within the white and black binary
11 Where does Elwood reside in the present day?
Tallahassee

New York City

Nickel Academy

Boston
12 Nickel Academy is what kind of school?
A magnet school

A religious institution

A reform school

A private prep school
13 What laws are instrumental in creating the racist, segregated atmosphere that permeates the parts of the novel set in the past?
Group Areas Act

White flight

Jim Crow laws

Apartheid
14 What does the "house father" do?
Give the boys meaningful advice

Live with the boys and enforce rules

Beat the boys in the "White House"

Help the boys recover from their beatings
15 What technique does Whitehead use to portray different points in time?
Dream sequences

Collage

Flashbacks

Synecdoche
16 Where do Elwood's parents go when they abandon him?
Florida

California

New York City

Arizona
17 What makes Elwood an outsider at Nickel Academy?
His lisp

His weird looks

His moral values

His criminal record
18 What is one motif throughout the novel?
Nature imagery

Rally mantras

Elwood's grandmother's speeches

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches
19 Where is Elwood surprised and inspired to see Mr. Hill?
Nickel Academy

The hotel

A civil rights protest

A party
20 What does Jaimie mistake the green bottle for?
Horse tranquilizer

Cough syrup

Horse medicine

Deadly poison
21 What does Elwood try and fail to get at Nickel Academy?
An education

Friendship

Mentorship

Career advice
22 Who is the doctor at Nickel Academy?
Dr. Spencer

Harriet

Dr. Cooke

Mr. Hill
23 Who does Elwood go to work for after leaving the hotel?
Superintendent Spencer

Harper

Mr. Marconi

Mr. Hill
24 What job do Elwood and Turner do at Nickel Academy?
"Make ice cream"

Clean the hallways

"Community Service"

Mow the lawns
25 What do the white boys call the shed out back?
"The White House"

"The Office"

"Black Beauty"

"The Ice Cream Factory"

Elwood Curtis is a young boy who grows up during the period of the Jim Crow laws. He is black and is removed from his local school to a place called the Nickel Academy, which is a place where Elwood gets new friends, but above all a difficult and...

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Foreshadowing

When Elwood “wins” a set of encyclopedias he discovers that they are blank inside. This foreshadows his failed attempts to improve his prospects through education. On his first day of college, Elwood is arrested and sent to the Nickel Academy...

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Superintendent Spencer told Elwood and the other newly-arrived Nickel Boys that they would be allowed to leave once they reached what status?

What chapter are you referring to?

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The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

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