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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Visitors from how many different states flocked to attend Nickel's Christmas Fair each year?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. What did Elwood do with Chickie Pete's red napkin at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) He lit it on fire.
(b) He put it in his car's glove compartment.
(c) He put it in his pocket.
(d) He ripped it up.

3. For how many years had the black boys held the Nickel boxing title prior to Griff's participation?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?
(a) Emotional abuse.
(b) Physical abuse.
(c) Neglect.
(d) Sexual abuse.

5. The narrator states that Clayton Smith's escape happened in the days when the "boys didn't know that cars heading out to" what location "in the middle of the night meant that the secret graveyard had welcomed a new resident" (152)?
(a) The White House.
(b) The pool house.
(c) The school dump.
(d) The gymnasium doors.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what material were the buildings on Nickel's property composed?

2. Clinton Smith accepted a ride from a man driving what kind of vehicle?

3. Turner realized at the end of Chapter 10 that the Christmas light display at Nickel reminded him of the atmosphere of what location?

4. For how many weeks had Denise possessed keys to Elwood's New York City apartment by the start of Chapter 11?

5. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?

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