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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. Clinton Smith accepted a ride from a man driving what kind of vehicle?
(a) A Packard.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A sports car.
(d) A pickup truck.

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

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

4. 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 stomach.
(d) His knee.

5. 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)?
(a) The pool house.
(b) The school dump.
(c) The gymnasium doors.
(d) The White House.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?

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

4. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?

5. Which two classes did Elwood miss on his very first day of educational instruction at Nickel?

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