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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Justice.
(c) Glee.
(d) Victory.

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

3. In what month did Elwood first move to New York City?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) July.

4. Turner told Elwood that he would acquire clothing from what source if he were to ever escape from Nickel?
(a) Schools.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) Laundromats.
(d) Clotheslines.

5. How often did Harriet visit Elwood at Nickel during his incarceration there?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Twice a month.
(c) Once every two months.
(d) Once a week.

6. Who revealed that he had been punched in the stomach by a particular supervisor for the transgression of talking to a white Nickel boy?
(a) Jaime.
(b) Elwood.
(c) Turner.
(d) Desmond.

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

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

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

10. Prior to having his escape plan foiled, Clinton Smith had been planning to join which member of his family as soon as possible?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His sister.

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

12. 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 lit it on fire.
(c) He put it in his pocket.
(d) He ripped it up.

13. What percentage of Elwood's college fund was used to hire a lawyer to help him get sent to Nickel?
(a) 80.
(b) 100.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

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

15. What criminal acts occurred in the location at Nickel known as "Lovers' Lane" (121)?
(a) Child rape.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created a written record of every date, establishment name, and individual name associated with the Community Service activities supervised by Harper?

2. Chapter 12 states that in what year, a young inmate at Nickel "died of heart failure while locked in a sweatbox" (144)?

3. For how many weeks had Denise possessed keys to Elwood's New York City apartment by the start of Chapter 11?

4. Visitors from how many different states flocked to attend Nickel's Christmas Fair each year?

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

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