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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. Chapter 12 states that "there were" how many "ways out of Nickel" (144)?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. What percentage of Elwood's college fund was used to hire a lawyer to help him get sent to Nickel?
(a) 50.
(b) 80.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

3. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

4. In what month did adult Elwood always attend the New York City marathon?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) November.
(d) January.

5. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?
(a) Present.
(b) Patient.
(c) Smart.
(d) Sturdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?

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

3. Prior to having his escape plan foiled, Clinton Smith had been planning to join which member of his family as soon as possible?

4. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?

5. 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?

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