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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Turner realized at the end of Chapter 10 that the Christmas light display at Nickel reminded him of the atmosphere of what location?
(a) Fun Town.
(b) Church.
(c) Grand Central Station.
(d) The racetrack.

2. 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 White House.
(b) The pool house.
(c) The gymnasium doors.
(d) The school dump.

3. Turner told Elwood that if he were to run away from Nickel, he would head in what direction "because they ain't expecting it" (122)?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.

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

5. 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 uncle.
(b) His brother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of strike was happening at the time Elwood moved to New York City?

2. What was Elwood's answer when he was later asked "how many licks he got" (68) at the White House?

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

4. For what moving company did Elwood work before starting his own moving company?

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

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