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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Clayton Smith rode with the man who had given him a ride, he imagined a posse looking for him with which character "at the head" (150)?
(a) Blakely.
(b) Freddie Rich.
(c) Superintendent Spencer.
(d) Earl.

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

3. 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?
(a) His ear.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His chest.
(d) His jaw.

4. The end of the Prologue introduces Elwood the Nickel Boy in what way?
(a) He liked to be called Elwood Curtis.
(b) He went by the name of Elwood Curtis.
(c) He was called Elwood Curtis.
(d) His name was Elwood Curtis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The medical examiner linked the Nickel boy's heart failure that happened when he was "locked in a sweatbox" (144) with what cause of death?

2. Which student was often moved back and forth between the white campus and black campus of Nickel during Elwood's incarceration?

3. In what year did the annual boxing championship fought between a black Nickel boy and a white Nickel boy begin?

4. Former Nickel Boys are said in the Prologue to have organized support groups in "recent years" (5) in order to reassemble their memories into "confirmation of a shared" (5) what?

5. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?

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