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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. 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) Natural causes.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Heat stroke.
(d) Suffocation.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 8, Elwood "returned to the yard crew" (64) after a several-day stay in what location?
(a) The rec room.
(b) Out back.
(c) The school house.
(d) The school hospital.

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

4. What was the name of the Community Service supervisor under whom Elwood eventually worked after Turner's recommendation?
(a) Harper.
(b) Lonnie.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Blakely.

5. At what time of the morning did the Nickel staff arrive in order to take Elwood and the others to receive their punishment for fighting?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many months did it take for Elwood to realize he had based the name of his company on an aspect of his former life at Nickel?

3. For what moving company did Elwood work before starting his own moving company?

4. In what year did Elwood move to New York City?

5. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?

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