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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. 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?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Natural causes.
(c) Heat stroke.
(d) Suffocation.

2. 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) Earl.
(b) Superintendent Spencer.
(c) Blakely.
(d) Freddie Rich.

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

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

5. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Emotional abuse.
(c) Sexual abuse.
(d) Physical abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harper told Elwood that the state had recently "cracked down" (89) on Nickel's selling-off of what materials meant for the white students?

2. What name did Elwood decide to bestow upon the moving company he had personally founded?

3. What was the name of the Community Service supervisor under whom Elwood eventually worked after Turner's recommendation?

4. Which character was NOT a part of the group of the three most fearsome boys at Nickel?

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

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