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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clinton Smith accepted a ride from a man driving what kind of vehicle?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A Packard.
(c) A pickup truck.
(d) A sports car.

2. The narrator states that for the Nickel boys, "to forbid the thought of escape mean to" take what action against "one's humanity" (145)?
(a) Murder it.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Stifle it.
(d) Drown it.

3. Elwood decided in Chapter 8 that he would get out of Nickel how many months before the judge's sentence was up?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. What did Elwood do with Chickie Pete's red napkin at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) He lit it on fire.
(b) He ripped it up.
(c) He put it in his car's glove compartment.
(d) He put it in his pocket.

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

6. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

7. In Chapter 11, Denise and Elwood watched which movie together that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier?
(a) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
(b) Some Like it Hot.
(c) The Defiant Ones.
(d) A Raisin in the Sun.

8. 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) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

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

10. How many boxing rounds had Griff completed when he thought he had completed a different number?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

11. 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) Yahtzee.
(b) Life.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Pinochle.

12. On what day of Clinton Smith's freedom from Nickel did he decide it was safe enough for him to hitchhike?
(a) The second.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The twelfth.
(d) The sixth.

13. What percentage of Elwood's college fund was used to hire a lawyer to help him get sent to Nickel?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 80.
(d) 30.

14. Which character overheard Superintendent Spencer order Griff to throw the boxing match?
(a) Turner.
(b) Desmond.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) Elwood.

15. Turner told Elwood that he would acquire clothing from what source if he were to ever escape from Nickel?
(a) Hospitals.
(b) Clotheslines.
(c) Schools.
(d) Laundromats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name did Elwood decide to bestow upon the moving company he had personally founded?

3. Harper's first words to Elwood were that Turner had promised that Elwood knew how to take what action?

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

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