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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. The winter when Harriet missed a visit due to illness was a time during which Elwood, Turner, Desmond and Jaimie played what game together most afternoons?
(a) Life.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Pinochle.
(d) Yahtzee.

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

3. Which character overheard Superintendent Spencer order Griff to throw the boxing match?
(a) Elwood.
(b) Turner.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Lonnie.

4. In what year did the annual boxing championship fought between a black Nickel boy and a white Nickel boy begin?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1943.

5. On what night of the week did a particular Nickel staff member like to inflict sexual abuse on Clinton Smith?
(a) Tuesdays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Sundays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT listed in Chapter 12 as a way to get "out of Nickel" (144)?

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. What object was NOT associated with Turner's explanation to Elwood of what "out back" means at Nickel?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At what decision did Elwood arrive in relation to a date of release in Chapter 8?

3. Which staff member at Nickel did Elwood name as the man he would like to poison?

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

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

6. What happened at the first four stops Harper made during Elwood's first day on the Community Service team with Turner?

7. The narrator begins Chapter 12 by stating that "There were four ways out of Nickel" (144). What were they?

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

9. For what reason did Elwood become angry at Chickie Pete during their reunion?

10. How did Elwood meet Denise?

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