2. 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) 40.
(d) 25.

3. On the last day of school, Mr. Hill gave Elwood a book by which black writer?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

4. At what time of the morning did the Nickel staff arrive in order to take Elwood and the others to receive their punishment for fighting?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. Which of Harper's relatives had worked at Nickel for many years?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harriet worried about the dangers involved in fighting for civil rights, she always returned to her belief in what as "a fundamental virtue" (33)?

2. Jody was a student from what university when she discovered the "secret graveyard" (3) on one part of the Nickel Academy's property?

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

4. Blakely told Elwood that the younger boys at Nickel were called by what name for an inexplicable reason?

5. Turner got jealous sometimes when Elwood's grandmother Harriet brought Elwood which items during her visits?

(see the answer key)

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