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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. With what punishment did Superintendent Spencer threaten Griff if he refused to lose the boxing match on purpose?
(a) Griff would be taken to the White House.
(b) Griff would be taken out back.
(c) Griff would be bumped back down to Grub level.
(d) Griff's bed would be relocated to the schoolhouse basement.

2. Which of Harper's relatives had worked at Nickel for many years?
(a) His father.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His brother.
(d) His uncle.

3. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?
(a) Emotional abuse.
(b) Sexual abuse.
(c) Physical abuse.
(d) Neglect.

4. On what day of Clinton Smith's freedom from Nickel did he decide it was safe enough for him to hitchhike?
(a) The twelfth.
(b) The second.
(c) The fourth.
(d) The sixth.

5. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?
(a) Griff.
(b) Jaime.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Turner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?

2. Turner realized at the end of Chapter 10 that the Christmas light display at Nickel reminded him of the atmosphere of what location?

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

4. The entirety of the Nickel property numbered how many acres in total?

5. Phil the houseman told Elwood and the other boys at the scene of the fight that which character would soon hear of the incident?

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