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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. As Clayton Smith rode with the man who had given him a ride, he imagined a posse looking for him with which character "at the head" (150)?
(a) Freddie Rich.
(b) Superintendent Spencer.
(c) Blakely.
(d) Earl.

2. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?
(a) Superintendent Spencer.
(b) Director Hardee.
(c) Big Chet.
(d) Freddie Rich.

3. Turner told Elwood upon their first meeting that he hailed from what city?
(a) Gainesville.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Houston.
(d) Galveston.

4. 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.

5. Turner told Elwood that only boys with what quality were ever taken "out back" (103)?
(a) Failed escapees.
(b) White boys.
(c) Violent boys.
(d) Black boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?

2. A typical sentence at Nickel is said to have fallen "between six months and" (144) what length of time?

3. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?

4. The narrator states that for the Nickel boys, "to forbid the thought of escape mean to" take what action against "one's humanity" (145)?

5. In what kind of location in Tallahassee had Jaime liked to hang out with his friends before his stint at Nickel?

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