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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 in what year, a young inmate at Nickel "died of heart failure while locked in a sweatbox" (144)?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1960.

2. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?
(a) 36.
(b) 24.
(c) 42.
(d) 20.

3. In what kind of location in Tallahassee had Jaime liked to hang out with his friends before his stint at Nickel?
(a) A train yard.
(b) On the rooftop of City Hall.
(c) Under a river bridge.
(d) A garbage dump.

4. Phil the houseman told Elwood and the other boys at the scene of the fight that which character would soon hear of the incident?
(a) Spencer.
(b) The social worker.
(c) Harper.
(d) Blakely.

5. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?
(a) Black Mike.
(b) Griff.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Lonnie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What percentage of Elwood's college fund was used to hire a lawyer to help him get sent to Nickel?

3. In what part of Elwood's body did he receive a punch from Black Mike at the scene of Elwood's intervention in the middle of a fight?

4. The floor of the White House carried the stench of what substance "that had soaked into the concrete" (67)?

5. How much of the Florida government's publishing was done on Nickel property at the time of Elwood's arrival?

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