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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. For what moving company did Elwood work before starting his own moving company?
(a) Iron Man Moving.
(b) Specialty Moving.
(c) Horizon Moving.
(d) AAA Moving.

2. 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)?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

3. Who created a written record of every date, establishment name, and individual name associated with the Community Service activities supervised by Harper?
(a) Elwood.
(b) Superintendent Spencer.
(c) Turner.
(d) Harper.

4. At what traditional Nickel event did Jaime successfully poison Earl?
(a) The Holiday Luncheon.
(b) The Holly Promenade.
(c) The Christmas Fair.
(d) The Christmas pageant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Harper's relatives had worked at Nickel for many years?

2. What object was NOT associated with Turner's explanation to Elwood of what "out back" means at Nickel?

3. 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)?

4. Who revealed that he had been punched in the stomach by a particular supervisor for the transgression of talking to a white Nickel boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What annual tradition existed at Nickel that involved one white inmate and one black inmate?

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

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

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