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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name did the Nickel Boys call the Nickel Academy's "official cemetery" (3)?
(a) Boot Hill.
(b) Tartin Hill.
(c) Dime Hill.
(d) Fury Hill.

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

3. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

5. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?
(a) 27.
(b) 43.
(c) 15.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Turner told Elwood that if he were to run away from Nickel, he would head in what direction "because they ain't expecting it" (122)?

3. From what material were the buildings on Nickel's property composed?

4. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?

5. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?

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