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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harper told Elwood that the state had recently "cracked down" (89) on Nickel's selling-off of what materials meant for the white students?
(a) Landscaping tools.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Foodstuffs.
(d) School supplies.

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

3. What kind of relationship did Elwood and Denise have before their relationship turned romantic?
(a) Parole officer and parolee.
(b) Teacher and student.
(c) Hairdresser and client.
(d) Sponsor and addict.

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

5. In what part of Elwood's body did he experience severe twinges of pain once he reached adulthood?
(a) His neck.
(b) His back.
(c) His knee.
(d) His stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Neither Chickie Pete nor Elwood said whose name aloud during their foray into their pasts at Nickel?

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

5. In Chapter 11, Denise and Elwood watched which movie together that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What quality did Harper name as the most important one for a Community Service work detail member to possess?

2. In what way does Whitehead employ foreshadowing in relation to the story about the escapee named Clayton Smith?

3. Who was Chickie Pete and for what purpose does Whitehead devise his character?

4. What happened to the money Elwood had saved up for college?

5. How did Elwood discover that Griff had been instructed by Superintendent Spencer to throw the boxing match?

6. At what decision did Elwood arrive in relation to a date of release in Chapter 8?

7. What did adult Elwood do with the napkin associated with Chickie Pete and why?

8. Describe the two different ways of "serving time" (144) outlined by the narrator in Chapter 12.

9. What kind of strike was happening in New York City upon Elwood's arrival in the city as an adult?

10. What happened at the first four stops Harper made during Elwood's first day on the Community Service team with Turner?

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