58 pages 1 hour read

Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

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Prologue-Chapter 3

1. Who are the Nickel Boys?

A) a group of teens who live in Nickel, Florida

B) former students of Nickel Academy

C) members of an archaeology club

D) the teachers at Nickel Academy

2. What does Elwood win after participating in the dish-drying “contest” at the hotel?

A) the album Martin Luther King at Zion Hill

B) a chocolate bar

C) a set of encyclopedias

D) a toy horse

3. Who is Elwood’s parental guardian at the start of the novel?

A) the head of the hotel kitchen staff

B) his older brother

C) his grandmother

D) his grandfather

4. What 1954 event causes Elwood to wonder if more Black guests will soon visit the hotel?

A) the Civil Rights Act

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