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

2. What did Elwood do with Chickie Pete's red napkin at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) He ripped it up.
(b) He lit it on fire.
(c) He put it in his pocket.
(d) He put it in his car's glove compartment.

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

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

5. The narrator states that the annual boxing championship was the black Nickel boys' "sole acquaintance" with what "at Nickel" (98)?
(a) Victory.
(b) Glee.
(c) White Nickel boys.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elwood decided in Chapter 8 that he would get out of Nickel how many months before the judge's sentence was up?

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

3. In what part of Elwood's body did he experience severe twinges of pain once he reached adulthood?

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

5. Whose name did Elwood and his group at Nickel refuse to utter as they thought about which staff member to poison?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Elwood meet Denise?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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