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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. Superintendent Spencer told Elwood and the other newly-arrived Nickel Boys that they would be allowed to leave once they reached what status?
(a) Explorer.
(b) Ace.
(c) Grub.
(d) Pioneer.

2. When Elwood first met the boys who slept on either side of them, he learned that their names were what?
(a) Pat and Desmond.
(b) Spencer and Thomas.
(c) Harper and Desmond.
(d) Turner and Blakely.

3. On what day of Elwood's incarceration at Nickel does he meet Turner?
(a) His third.
(b) His first.
(c) His second.
(d) His tenth.

4. Turner got jealous sometimes when Elwood's grandmother Harriet brought Elwood which items during her visits?
(a) Puzzles.
(b) Books.
(c) Letters.
(d) Snacks.

5. Chickie Pete suffered from an addiction to what substance?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Methamphetamine.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Pain medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. The national press picked up the story about the secret cemetery at Nickel Academy after a newspaper from what city published a story about it first?

2. A typical sentence at Nickel is said to have fallen "between six months and" (144) what length of time?

3. On what "side" of the Nickel Academy's property was the "secret graveyard" (3) discovered?

4. How old was Elwood when both of his parents "took off" (27) and left him in the care of his grandmother Harriet?

5. How many desks had been squeezed into Elwood and Desmond's homeroom at Nickel?

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