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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what word did Turner keep returning when he thought about Elwood's personality?
(a) Smart.
(b) Sturdy.
(c) Patient.
(d) Present.

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

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

4. 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) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prior to having his escape plan foiled, Clinton Smith had been planning to join which member of his family as soon as possible?

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

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

5. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical problem of Elwood's is described in Chapter 11?

2. What annual tradition existed at Nickel that involved one white inmate and one black inmate?

3. What "fifth way out of Nickel" (153) did Elwood devise in Chapter 12?

4. What bad news did Harriet deliver to her grandson Elwood in Chapter 12 when she came for a visit after missing one due to illness?

5. How was Griff punished for his mistake in the boxing match?

6. What does the set of "Chipwick's British Classics" (84) symbolize within the novel?

7. What happened on Christmas Day that caused the Nickel boys to feel "like boys from nice houses in nice neighborhoods" (116)?

8. What kind of strike was happening in New York City upon Elwood's arrival in the city as an adult?

9. How did Elwood meet Denise?

10. What new opportunity did Elwood receive at Nickel due to Turner's recommendation?

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