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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. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?
(a) 36.
(b) 24.
(c) 20.
(d) 42.

2. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

4. Chickie Pete suffered from an addiction to what substance?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Pain medication.
(c) Methamphetamine.
(d) Alcohol.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Which character overheard Superintendent Spencer order Griff to throw the boxing match?

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

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

5. Chapter 12 states that in what year, a young inmate at Nickel "died of heart failure while locked in a sweatbox" (144)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Griff punished for his mistake in the boxing match?

2. What bad news did Harriet deliver to her grandson Elwood in Chapter 12 when she came for a visit after missing one due to illness?

3. What happened on Christmas Day that caused the Nickel boys to feel "like boys from nice houses in nice neighborhoods" (116)?

4. What new opportunity did Elwood receive at Nickel due to Turner's recommendation?

5. What event caused Elwood to decide to put into motion his plan to "get rid of Nickel" (157)?

6. At what conclusion did Elwood finally arrive when he contemplated the reason for his vicious beating in the White House?

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

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

9. What "fifth way out of Nickel" (153) did Elwood devise in Chapter 12?

10. For what reason did Elwood become angry at Chickie Pete during their reunion?

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