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

2. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?
(a) Free world.
(b) Brake fluid.
(c) Bum beef.
(d) All day.

3. What part of Turner's escape fantasy did he consider especially important to share with Elwood?
(a) Having enough money.
(b) Going alone.
(c) Misleading the search dogs.
(d) Knowing how to swim.

4. On the last day of school, Mr. Hill gave Elwood a book by which black writer?
(a) Lucille Clifton.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Langston Hughes.

5. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?
(a) 15.
(b) 27.
(c) 31.
(d) 43.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what traditional Nickel event did Jaime successfully poison Earl?

2. In what part of Elwood's body did he receive a punch from Black Mike at the scene of Elwood's intervention in the middle of a fight?

3. For how many years had the black boys held the Nickel boxing title prior to Griff's participation?

4. What percentage of Elwood's college fund was used to hire a lawyer to help him get sent to Nickel?

5. When Harriet found out about Elwood's participation in a protest, in what way did she punish him?

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