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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 14-16 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 hospital.
(c) The school house.
(d) The rec room.

2. Which character was Elwood trying to protect when he got in trouble for fighting?
(a) Gil.
(b) Cory.
(c) Turner.
(d) Desmond.

3. How many Nickel boys did the dormitory fire of 1921 kill in total?
(a) 93.
(b) 23.
(c) 72.
(d) 45.

4. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?
(a) Scarred for life.
(b) Homicidal.
(c) Suicidal.
(d) Dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Elwood and Turner were making their escape toward Tallahassee, they turned around to see which vehicle associated with Nickel following them?

2. The first line of the Prologue of The Nickel Boys states that "Even in death, the boys were" (3) what?

3. The narrator states that the annual boxing championship was the black Nickel boys' "sole acquaintance" with what "at Nickel" (98)?

4. What object was NOT associated with Turner's explanation to Elwood of what "out back" means at Nickel?

5. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?

(see the answer key)

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