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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. What object was NOT associated with Turner's explanation to Elwood of what "out back" means at Nickel?
(a) Iron rings.
(b) A horse whip.
(c) A hatchet.
(d) Two oak trees.

2. Around what issue did the beliefs of Elwood and Denise not mesh, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) The efficacy of psychiatric medications.
(b) Desire for children.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

3. 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) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 40.

4. 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's bed would be relocated to the schoolhouse basement.
(d) Griff would be taken out back.

5. The medical examiner linked the Nickel boy's heart failure that happened when he was "locked in a sweatbox" (144) with what cause of death?
(a) Suffocation.
(b) Heat stroke.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Natural causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Turner told Elwood that any boy taken "out back" (103) at Nickel would end up in what state?

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

3. What piece of prison slang is said to have infiltrated the environment of Nickel as well?

4. At what traditional Nickel event did Jaime successfully poison Earl?

5. In Chapter 11, Denise and Elwood watched which movie together that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Elwood discover that Griff had been instructed by Superintendent Spencer to throw the boxing match?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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