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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 told Elwood that only boys with what quality were ever taken "out back" (103)?
(a) Failed escapees.
(b) White boys.
(c) Violent boys.
(d) Black boys.

2. How many Nickel boys did the dormitory fire of 1921 kill in total?
(a) 72.
(b) 45.
(c) 23.
(d) 93.

3. 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)?
(a) The pool house.
(b) The White House.
(c) The gymnasium doors.
(d) The school dump.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months did it take for Elwood to realize he had based the name of his company on an aspect of his former life at Nickel?

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

3. For how many weeks had Denise possessed keys to Elwood's New York City apartment by the start of Chapter 11?

4. Harper told Elwood that the state had recently "cracked down" (89) on Nickel's selling-off of what materials meant for the white students?

5. How old was Harper at the time of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Elwood meet Denise?

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

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

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

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