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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. Chapter 12 states that "there were" how many "ways out of Nickel" (144)?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

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

4. Prior to having his escape plan foiled, Clinton Smith had been planning to join which member of his family as soon as possible?
(a) His brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His uncle.

5. Elwood decided in Chapter 8 that he would get out of Nickel how many months before the judge's sentence was up?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Nickel boys did the dormitory fire of 1921 kill in total?

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

3. When Elwood started his own moving company, he bought a 1967 van of what make?

4. What was the name of the Community Service supervisor under whom Elwood eventually worked after Turner's recommendation?

5. Chickie Pete suffered from an addiction to what substance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Elwood meet Denise?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. Describe the two different ways of "serving time" (144) outlined by the narrator in Chapter 12.

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

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