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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. Before the college students found the "secret graveyard" (3) how many bodies in total had they counted within the Nickel Academy's official cemetery?
(a) 15.
(b) 43.
(c) 27.
(d) 31.

2. Who created a written record of every date, establishment name, and individual name associated with the Community Service activities supervised by Harper?
(a) Turner.
(b) Harper.
(c) Superintendent Spencer.
(d) Elwood.

3. How many minutes did each Nickel Boy get inside the communal showers each day?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. Elwood became transfixed by the photo essays published in which magazine sold in Mr. Marconi's shop?
(a) Life.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Ebony.
(d) Time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Boys punished within the White House were ordered to lie down on a blood-stained mattress and to hold onto what object?

2. What kind of objects made up the "set of Chipwick's British Classics" (84) Elwood found in the schoolhouse basement?

3. The floor of the White House carried the stench of what substance "that had soaked into the concrete" (67)?

4. Superintendent Spencer told Elwood and the other newly-arrived Nickel Boys that they would be allowed to leave once they reached what status?

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

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