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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chickie Pete suffered from an addiction to what substance?
(a) Methamphetamine.
(b) Pain medication.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Alcohol.

2. For what length of time had adult Elwood lived in New York City by the time he ran into Chickie Pete in Chapter 13?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. With what punishment did Superintendent Spencer threaten Griff if he refused to lose the boxing match on purpose?
(a) Griff would be bumped back down to Grub level.
(b) Griff's bed would be relocated to the schoolhouse basement.
(c) Griff would be taken out back.
(d) Griff would be taken to the White House.

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

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

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

7. In what month did adult Elwood always attend the New York City marathon?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) April.

8. 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?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Yahtzee.
(c) Pinochle.
(d) Life.

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 8, Elwood "returned to the yard crew" (64) after a several-day stay in what location?
(a) Out back.
(b) The rec room.
(c) The school hospital.
(d) The school house.

11. The narrator states that the annual boxing championship was the black Nickel boys' "sole acquaintance" with what "at Nickel" (98)?
(a) Glee.
(b) Justice.
(c) Victory.
(d) White Nickel boys.

12. Visitors from how many different states flocked to attend Nickel's Christmas Fair each year?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

14. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

15. 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) A Raisin in the Sun.
(c) Some Like it Hot.
(d) The Defiant Ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Elwood move to New York City?

2. Harper's first words to Elwood were that Turner had promised that Elwood knew how to take what action?

3. What was NOT listed in Chapter 12 as a way to get "out of Nickel" (144)?

4. For how many years had the black boys held the Nickel boxing title prior to Griff's participation?

5. Which of Harper's relatives had worked at Nickel for many years?

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