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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 14-16 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two adjectives did adult Elwood use in Chapter 13 to describe crowds at the New York City marathon?
(a) Atrocious and adorable.
(b) Oddball and lovely.
(c) Smelly and golden.
(d) Crazy and fun.

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)?
(a) Ignore it.
(b) Stifle it.
(c) Murder it.
(d) Drown it.

3. Which staff member did Superintendent Spencer bring with him when he "paid Elwood a visit" (194) in the dark room where Elwood was imprisoned?
(a) Harper.
(b) Earl.
(c) Freddie Rich.
(d) Blakely.

4. Elwood was shocked to find that "most of the Nickel boys couldn't" (59) take what action?
(a) Swim.
(b) Drive.
(c) Sit down.
(d) Read.

5. Which members of the Richmond Hotel staff played a trick on 12-year-old Elwood using a set of encyclopedias?
(a) The waiters.
(b) The kitchen staff.
(c) The concierges.
(d) The bellboys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two classes did Elwood miss on his very first day of educational instruction at Nickel?

2. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?

3. Turner waited until which staff member was asleep and the other on-duty staff members were at a poker game in order to release Elwood from the dark room?

4. In what month did Elwood arrive at Nickel?

5. Elwood's courage faltered when he was how far away from the state inspectors with his whistle-blowing letter in hand?

(see the answer key)

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