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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. In what suburb of a large Florida town did Elwood live with his grandmother Harriet?
(a) McCullough.
(b) Broward.
(c) Laughlin.
(d) Frenchtown.

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

3. How much of the Florida government's publishing was done on Nickel property at the time of Elwood's arrival?
(a) One-quarter of it.
(b) All of it.
(c) The majority of it.
(d) Half of it.

4. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1949.

5. Clinton Smith accepted a ride from a man driving what kind of vehicle?
(a) A pickup truck.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A Packard.
(d) A sports car.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what length of time had adult Elwood lived in New York City by the time he ran into Chickie Pete in Chapter 13?

2. 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?

3. How many meals was Elwood given per day during his period of solitary confinement in the dark room?

4. The forensic examiner noted the fractures in the wrist bones of Griff's skeleton after his remains were unearthed how many years after Griff's murder?

5. For how many nights was Elwood permitted to sleep in his own home between his sentencing and his departure for Nickel?

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