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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. How many boys in total did the Nickel staff get out of their beds the night they punished Elwood and some others for fighting?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. Elwood's courage faltered when he was how far away from the state inspectors with his whistle-blowing letter in hand?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 20 yards.
(c) 2 yards.
(d) 2 feet.

3. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?
(a) 100.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

4. How many of Elwood's long-time acquaintances beat him up and broke the chain on his bike in retaliation for his interruption of their theft spree?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 14 that "a newspaper report about embezzlement or physical abuse at the school initiated an investigation by the state" (169) how often?
(a) Every few years.
(b) Every few weeks.
(c) Every few decades.
(d) Every few months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Superintendent Spencer and another staff member abuse Elwood during their visit to the dark room in which Elwood was locked?

2. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?

3. 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?

4. At what traditional Nickel event did Jaime successfully poison Earl?

5. In what kind of location in Tallahassee had Jaime liked to hang out with his friends before his stint at Nickel?

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