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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. The forensic examiner noted the fractures in the wrist bones of Griff's skeleton after his remains were unearthed how many years after Griff's murder?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 40.

2. What did Elwood do with Chickie Pete's red napkin at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) He lit it on fire.
(b) He put it in his pocket.
(c) He put it in his car's glove compartment.
(d) He ripped it up.

3. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?
(a) Homicidal.
(b) Dead.
(c) Suicidal.
(d) Scarred for life.

4. For what length of time had Elwood been imprisoned in the dark room before Superintendent Spencer "paid Elwood a visit" (194)?
(a) 9 hours.
(b) 1.5 weeks.
(c) 30 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?

2. Elwood was told that "classroom instruction" (51) took place how often at Nickel?

3. What subject did Mr. Hill teach at Lincoln High School when he talked to Elwood about taking college classes during Elwood's senior year?

4. On what part of Nickel's campus were the white inmates housed?

5. Turner told Elwood upon their first meeting that he hailed from what city?

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