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

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

3. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?
(a) Free world.
(b) Bum beef.
(c) Brake fluid.
(d) All day.

4. Who created a written record of every date, establishment name, and individual name associated with the Community Service activities supervised by Harper?
(a) Superintendent Spencer.
(b) Elwood.
(c) Turner.
(d) Harper.

5. On what part of Nickel's campus were the white inmates housed?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that Clayton Smith's escape happened in the days when the "boys didn't know that cars heading out to" what location "in the middle of the night meant that the secret graveyard had welcomed a new resident" (152)?

2. What kind of relationship did Elwood and Denise have before their relationship turned romantic?

3. Turner realized at the end of Chapter 10 that the Christmas light display at Nickel reminded him of the atmosphere of what location?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At what conclusion did Elwood finally arrive when he contemplated the reason for his vicious beating in the White House?

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

3. What did adult Elwood do with the napkin associated with Chickie Pete and why?

4. In what way does Whitehead employ foreshadowing in relation to the story about the escapee named Clayton Smith?

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

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

7. What happened to the money Elwood had saved up for college?

8. What event caused Elwood to decide to put into motion his plan to "get rid of Nickel" (157)?

9. Who was Chickie Pete and for what purpose does Whitehead devise his character?

10. What quality did Harper name as the most important one for a Community Service work detail member to possess?

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