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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. In what month did adult Elwood always attend the New York City marathon?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) April.
(d) January.

2. For how many years had Blakely worked at Nickel prior to Elwood's arrival?
(a) 11.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

3. Phil the houseman told Elwood and the other boys at the scene of the fight that which character would soon hear of the incident?
(a) Blakely.
(b) The social worker.
(c) Spencer.
(d) Harper.

4. Chickie Pete suffered from an addiction to what substance?
(a) Pain medication.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Methamphetamine.
(d) Alcohol.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?

2. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?

3. From what material were the buildings on Nickel's property composed?

4. The narrator states that for the Nickel boys, "to forbid the thought of escape mean to" take what action against "one's humanity" (145)?

5. In what year did a group of Nickel's young inmates die in a dormitory fire?

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