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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. What criminal acts occurred in the location at Nickel known as "Lovers' Lane" (121)?
(a) Child rape.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

2. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. On what part of Nickel's campus were the white inmates housed?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

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

5. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?
(a) Spencer and Thomas.
(b) Harper and Desmond.
(c) Turner and Blakely.
(d) Pat and Desmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which relative did Turner live before he ran away from home for the final time?

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

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

4. What parts of the Nickel Boys' bodies were whipped with the strap referred to as "Black Beauty" (68)?

5. What profanity-laden items were passed on to the black students at Lincoln High School whenever the students at the white high school received new ones?

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