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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 Elwood arrive at Nickel?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) December.

2. 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.

3. With which relative did Turner live before he ran away from home for the final time?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His uncle.

4. For how many weeks had Denise possessed keys to Elwood's New York City apartment by the start of Chapter 11?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. What name did Elwood decide to bestow upon the moving company he had personally founded?
(a) White House Moving.
(b) Black Beauty Moving.
(c) Ace Moving.
(d) Turner Moving.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what building at Nickel was the basement termed "Lovers' Lane" located?

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

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

4. Elwood was shocked to find that "most of the Nickel boys couldn't" (59) take what action?

5. Turner told Elwood that he would acquire clothing from what source if he were to ever escape from Nickel?

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