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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Nickel boys did the dormitory fire of 1921 kill in total?
(a) 72.
(b) 93.
(c) 45.
(d) 23.

2. Prior to having his escape plan foiled, Clinton Smith had been planning to join which member of his family as soon as possible?
(a) His brother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

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

4. What kind of strike was happening at the time Elwood moved to New York City?
(a) A writers' strike.
(b) A garbage workers' strike.
(c) A teachers' strike.
(d) A petroleum workers' strike.

5. The medical examiner linked the Nickel boy's heart failure that happened when he was "locked in a sweatbox" (144) with what cause of death?
(a) Suffocation.
(b) Heat stroke.
(c) Natural causes.
(d) Suicide.

6. In what month did Elwood first move to New York City?
(a) February.
(b) November.
(c) April.
(d) July.

7. With which relative did Turner live before he ran away from home for the final time?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His uncle.

8. Neither Chickie Pete nor Elwood said whose name aloud during their foray into their pasts at Nickel?
(a) Blakely.
(b) Freddie Rich.
(c) Earl.
(d) Superintendent Spencer.

9. On what day of Clinton Smith's freedom from Nickel did he decide it was safe enough for him to hitchhike?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The twelfth.
(c) The second.
(d) The sixth.

10. On what part of Nickel's campus were the white inmates housed?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

11. On what night of the week did a particular Nickel staff member like to inflict sexual abuse on Clinton Smith?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Thursdays.

12. Harper's first words to Elwood were that Turner had promised that Elwood knew how to take what action?
(a) How to keep his mouth shut.
(b) Smile through the pain.
(c) Lay bricks.
(d) Follow directions.

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

14. What object was NOT associated with Turner's explanation to Elwood of what "out back" means at Nickel?
(a) Two oak trees.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) Iron rings.
(d) A horse whip.

15. When Elwood started his own moving company, he bought a 1967 van of what make?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Toyota.
(c) Ford.
(d) Datsun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT listed in Chapter 12 as a way to get "out of Nickel" (144)?

2. Whose name did Elwood and his group at Nickel refuse to utter as they thought about which staff member to poison?

3. The narrator states that the annual boxing championship was the black Nickel boys' "sole acquaintance" with what "at Nickel" (98)?

4. In what year did the annual boxing championship fought between a black Nickel boy and a white Nickel boy begin?

5. Turner told Elwood that if he were to run away from Nickel, he would head in what direction "because they ain't expecting it" (122)?

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