The Nickel Boys Chap 3-6

What is the name of Elwood's History teacher in Chapter 3?

• Mr. Green

• Mr. Moore

• Mr. Cliff

• Mr. Hill

What lead role does Elwood play in the school's annual Emancipation Day play?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jackson

• Martin Luther King

• Thomas Jefferson

When Elwood arrives at Nickel he is told there are four ranks of behavior in the school: Grub, Explorer, Pioneer and...

Chapter 4 ends on a sinister note:

Elwood was asleep when a different roar commenced. It came from outside, a rush and a whoosh without variation. Forbidding and mechanical and granting no clue to its origin. He didn’t know which book he’d picked it up from, but the word came to him: torrential.

A voice across the room said, “Somebody’s going out for ice cream,” and a few boys snickered.

What is indirectly referred to here?

• A boy attempting to escape.

• A new boy being brought to the academy.

• The White House where boys are beaten.

• Someone going for a midnight snack.

When Elwood attends class for the first time at Nickel, what does he consider to be "worst than the secondhand books at Lincoln High"?

• The overcrowded classroom

• The textbooks are earlier editions of textbooks he remembers from first grade

• The classroom walls feature posters aimed at little kids

• He has to sit in the back row.

What does Elwood's History teacher encourage the students to do with their textbooks?

• Burn them

• Trade them for new ones

• Turn to page 394

• Strike out all the derogatory words with black markers

“I go back and forth,” Jaimie said as he raked up pine needles into a mound. He had the screwed-down smile of the rickety-toothed. “One day they’ll make up their minds, I suppose.”

Why is Jaimie moved back and forth between the white and the coloured sides of campus?

• Because of his behavior

• Because of his skin colour

• Because of his intelligence

• Because he's been there so long

Why did Elwood end up in The White House in chapter 6?

• He tried to run away

• He intervened in a fight.

• He got caught sneaking extra food.

• He was awkae after lights out.