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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?
(a) Patient.
(b) Smart.
(c) Present.
(d) Sturdy.

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

3. What name did Elwood decide to bestow upon the moving company he had personally founded?
(a) Black Beauty Moving.
(b) Ace Moving.
(c) White House Moving.
(d) Turner Moving.

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

5. On what day of Clinton Smith's freedom from Nickel did he decide it was safe enough for him to hitchhike?
(a) The sixth.
(b) The second.
(c) The twelfth.
(d) The fourth.

6. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?
(a) Coins.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Books.
(d) Records.

7. Turner told Elwood that if he were to run away from Nickel, he would head in what direction "because they ain't expecting it" (122)?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

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

9. For how many weeks had Denise possessed keys to Elwood's New York City apartment by the start of Chapter 11?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

10. In Chapter 11, Denise and Elwood watched which movie together that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier?
(a) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
(b) Some Like it Hot.
(c) A Raisin in the Sun.
(d) The Defiant Ones.

11. Elwood decided in Chapter 8 that he would get out of Nickel how many months before the judge's sentence was up?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. How many Nickel boys did the dormitory fire of 1921 kill in total?
(a) 23.
(b) 93.
(c) 72.
(d) 45.

13. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?
(a) Free world.
(b) Bum beef.
(c) All day.
(d) Brake fluid.

14. Harper told Elwood that the state had recently "cracked down" (89) on Nickel's selling-off of what materials meant for the white students?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Landscaping tools.
(c) School supplies.
(d) Foodstuffs.

15. Harper's first words to Elwood were that Turner had promised that Elwood knew how to take what action?
(a) Follow directions.
(b) Smile through the pain.
(c) How to keep his mouth shut.
(d) Lay bricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of relationship did Elwood and Denise have before their relationship turned romantic?

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

3. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?

4. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?

5. 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?

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