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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 was the name of the Community Service supervisor under whom Elwood eventually worked after Turner's recommendation?
(a) Harper.
(b) Lonnie.
(c) Blakely.
(d) Desmond.

2. In what part of Elwood's body did he experience severe twinges of pain once he reached adulthood?
(a) His knee.
(b) His back.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His neck.

3. At what traditional Nickel event did Jaime successfully poison Earl?
(a) The Holiday Luncheon.
(b) The Christmas Fair.
(c) The Christmas pageant.
(d) The Holly Promenade.

4. The medical examiner linked the Nickel boy's heart failure that happened when he was "locked in a sweatbox" (144) with what cause of death?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Natural causes.
(d) Heat stroke.

5. What rule of Turner's own making did he break while helping Elwood to escape from Nickel?
(a) Run toward the swamp.
(b) Run toward town.
(c) Run alone.
(d) Hide for three days before running.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How many days in total had Elwood attended classes at Melvin Griggs Technical before he was unjustly accused of stealing a car?

5. The adult Elwood suddenly felt a sense of gratitude to Millie for her eight years of support and had an impulse to buy her what object on their date night?

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