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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. Turner waited until which staff member was asleep and the other on-duty staff members were at a poker game in order to release Elwood from the dark room?
(a) Director Hardee.
(b) Blakely.
(c) Freddie Rich.
(d) Superintendent Spencer.

2. In what year did Elwood move to New York City?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1962.

3. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Life.
(c) Time.
(d) Ebony.

4. At the time when widespread media coverage focused on the Nickel Academy, how many Nickel Boy reunions had been held?
(a) 18.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

5. For how long had Elwood been imprisoned within the dark room before the Nickel staff "had finally decided what to do with him" (194)?
(a) 9 weeks.
(b) 12 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of Elwood's body did he experience severe twinges of pain once he reached adulthood?

2. How long after Turner's escape from Nickel had he started using the name and documentation of his late friend Elwood Curtis?

3. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?

4. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?

5. After Turner reached Tallahassee in his quest to return to Nickel, he ate at a place called Blondie's, which had formerly gone by what name?

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