Characters
optimistic protagonist
elwood curtis
Elwood's future changes after what?
Accepting a ride from someone driving a stolen car
the academy symbolizes this larger institutional idea in American history
systemic racism
The alternating timeline between the past and present is called.
Flashbacks
Turner runs into this person at the bar
Chicky Pete
teaches elwood to avoid unnecessary attention at Nickel Academy
turner
Where was Elwood headed in life before he got sent to Nickel Academy
college courses
Martin Luther King believes in this type of protest for justice, and Elwood agrees.
nonviolence
Readers know more than Elwood about the dangers of trusting the people at Nickel.
dramatic irony
What do Turner and Elwood escape on at first?
Civil rights leader who inspires Elwood
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Turner and Elwood decide to take a chance and ________.
flee Nickel Academy
Turner gets angry at Elwood for writing _____ down?
All the deliveries, injustices, and activities at Nickel
The white house where the boys are punished is also a/can be related to a symbol for what?
the united states
This man is a teacher who inspires Elwood to become interest in the Civil Rights movement.
Mr. Hill
Raises Elwood after his parents are out of his life
Harriet
This character accidentally wins the boxing match.
Griff
What do they tell Harriet when she comes to visit Elwood after he was beaten?
He is sick and can't be seen
Turner's job before Nickel is symbolic of his attitude towards survival. What was his job?
Pinsetter at a bowling alley
The name of the real life school this book is about.
Arthur Dozier School for Boys
Spencer
What is ironic about Turner having a seat in the dining room at the hotel at the end of the book?
He may sit anywhere he wants whereas when Elwood was there with his grandmother, it was segregated.
What had Elwood intended to study at the college?
British Literature
Turner's (as Elwood) job in the present is also symbolic of something he wasn't allowed to do when trapped at Nickel. What is that job?
runs a moving company
What GENRE is this novel?
Historical Fiction