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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. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?
(a) 24.
(b) 36.
(c) 20.
(d) 42.

2. What object was NOT associated with Turner's explanation to Elwood of what "out back" means at Nickel?
(a) Iron rings.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) Two oak trees.
(d) A horse whip.

3. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?
(a) Big Chet.
(b) Freddie Rich.
(c) Superintendent Spencer.
(d) Director Hardee.

4. Which character overheard Superintendent Spencer order Griff to throw the boxing match?
(a) Desmond.
(b) Elwood.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) Turner.

5. What term did Elwood borrow from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he pinpointed the problem with the would-be thieves' actions?
(a) Respect.
(b) Honor.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?

2. The winter when Harriet missed a visit due to illness was a time during which Elwood, Turner, Desmond and Jaimie played what game together most afternoons?

3. The national press picked up the story about the secret cemetery at Nickel Academy after a newspaper from what city published a story about it first?

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

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

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