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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Elwood started his own moving company, he bought a 1967 van of what make?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Toyota.
(c) Datsun.
(d) Ford.

2. Clinton Smith accepted a ride from a man driving what kind of vehicle?
(a) A pickup truck.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A sports car.
(d) A Packard.

3. 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) Landscaping tools.
(b) School supplies.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Foodstuffs.

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

5. 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.

6. The narrator states that for the Nickel boys, "to forbid the thought of escape mean to" take what action against "one's humanity" (145)?
(a) Ignore it.
(b) Stifle it.
(c) Drown it.
(d) Murder it.

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

8. 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) Blakely.
(b) Earl.
(c) Freddie Rich.
(d) Superintendent Spencer.

9. Neither Chickie Pete nor Elwood said whose name aloud during their foray into their pasts at Nickel?
(a) Superintendent Spencer.
(b) Earl.
(c) Blakely.
(d) Freddie Rich.

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

11. Turner got jealous sometimes when Elwood's grandmother Harriet brought Elwood which items during her visits?
(a) Letters.
(b) Books.
(c) Puzzles.
(d) Snacks.

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

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

14. 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) Turner.
(c) Elwood.
(d) Desmond.

15. 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 twelfth.
(c) The fourth.
(d) The second.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did Harriet visit Elwood at Nickel during his incarceration there?

2. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?

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

4. In what year did the annual boxing championship fought between a black Nickel boy and a white Nickel boy begin?

5. What was the name of the Community Service supervisor under whom Elwood eventually worked after Turner's recommendation?

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