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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what building at Nickel was the basement termed "Lovers' Lane" located?
(a) The black schoolhouse.
(b) The dining hall.
(c) The White House.
(d) The white schoolhouse.

2. 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?
(a) 40.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

3. Which of Harper's relatives had worked at Nickel for many years?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His brother.

4. What kind of strike was happening at the time Elwood moved to New York City?
(a) A garbage workers' strike.
(b) A writers' strike.
(c) A petroleum workers' strike.
(d) A teachers' strike.

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

6. 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 would be taken to the White House.
(c) Griff would be taken out back.
(d) Griff's bed would be relocated to the schoolhouse basement.

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

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

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

10. 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) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

11. For how many years had the black boys held the Nickel boxing title prior to Griff's participation?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

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

13. Chapter 12 states that in what year, a young inmate at Nickel "died of heart failure while locked in a sweatbox" (144)?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1960.

14. How many months did it take for Elwood to realize he had based the name of his company on an aspect of his former life at Nickel?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Griff was declared the winner of the boxing match, toward whom did he frantically shout his apologies?

2. In what month did adult Elwood always attend the New York City marathon?

3. What was distinctive about Chickie Pete's clothing when adult Elwood ran into him after watching the New York City marathon?

4. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?

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

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