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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. On what night of the week did a particular Nickel staff member like to inflict sexual abuse on Clinton Smith?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Thursdays.

2. Elwood decided in Chapter 8 that he would get out of Nickel how many months before the judge's sentence was up?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

3. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?
(a) The kitchen staff.
(b) The concierges.
(c) The waiters.
(d) The bellboys.

4. Turner told Elwood upon their first meeting that he hailed from what city?
(a) Galveston.
(b) Gainesville.
(c) Houston.
(d) Dallas.

5. What was distinctive about Chickie Pete's clothing when adult Elwood ran into him after watching the New York City marathon?
(a) It was tattered.
(b) It was too small.
(c) It was too big.
(d) It was dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Turner realized at the end of Chapter 10 that the Christmas light display at Nickel reminded him of the atmosphere of what location?

2. The narrator states that Clayton Smith's escape happened in the days when the "boys didn't know that cars heading out to" what location "in the middle of the night meant that the secret graveyard had welcomed a new resident" (152)?

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

4. What aspect of Nickel's abuse was NOT named in Elwood's letter to the state inspectors?

5. Though Mr. Marconi had already carried black magazines in his shop, Elwood got him to order what other items tailored to the black community's needs?

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