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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Turner realized at the end of Chapter 10 that the Christmas light display at Nickel reminded him of the atmosphere of what location?
(a) Grand Central Station.
(b) Fun Town.
(c) Church.
(d) The racetrack.

5. Chapter 12 states that "there were" how many "ways out of Nickel" (144)?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

6. Whose name did Elwood and his group at Nickel refuse to utter as they thought about which staff member to poison?
(a) Superintendent Spencer.
(b) Harper.
(c) Earl.
(d) Duggin.

7. 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) Natural causes.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Heat stroke.

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

9. With which relative did Turner live before he ran away from home for the final time?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His older brother.

10. As Clayton Smith rode with the man who had given him a ride, he imagined a posse looking for him with which character "at the head" (150)?
(a) Freddie Rich.
(b) Blakely.
(c) Superintendent Spencer.
(d) Earl.

11. In what kind of location in Tallahassee had Jaime liked to hang out with his friends before his stint at Nickel?
(a) A train yard.
(b) A garbage dump.
(c) On the rooftop of City Hall.
(d) Under a river bridge.

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

13. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?
(a) Sexual abuse.
(b) Neglect.
(c) Physical abuse.
(d) Emotional abuse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Neither Chickie Pete nor Elwood said whose name aloud during their foray into their pasts at Nickel?

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

3. What two adjectives did adult Elwood use in Chapter 13 to describe crowds at the New York City marathon?

4. In what building at Nickel was the basement termed "Lovers' Lane" located?

5. How many Nickel boys did the dormitory fire of 1921 kill in total?

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