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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. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?
(a) Their legs.
(b) Their chests.
(c) Their backs.
(d) Their stomachs.

2. 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 gymnasium doors.
(b) The school dump.
(c) The pool house.
(d) The White House.

3. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?
(a) A chain.
(b) A timer.
(c) A rail.
(d) A rope.

4. What was the name of Elwood's house father at Nickel?
(a) Harper.
(b) Blakely.
(c) Turner.
(d) Harrison.

5. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Coins.
(c) Books.
(d) Records.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?

3. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?

4. The winter when Harriet missed a visit due to illness was a time during which Elwood, Turner, Desmond and Jaimie played what game together most afternoons?

5. Who warned Elwood not to move while he was being punished for his perceived involvement in fighting?

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