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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what part of Nickel's campus were the white inmates housed?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

2. Neither Chickie Pete nor Elwood said whose name aloud during their foray into their pasts at Nickel?
(a) Blakely.
(b) Earl.
(c) Freddie Rich.
(d) Superintendent Spencer.

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

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 put it in his pocket.
(c) He ripped it up.
(d) He put it in his car's glove compartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What crime did Elwood privately remember Chickie Pete having committed regularly at Nickel after experiencing similar abuse himself?

3. What was distinctive about Chickie Pete's clothing when adult Elwood ran into him after watching the New York City marathon?

4. Turner realized at the end of Chapter 10 that the Christmas light display at Nickel reminded him of the atmosphere of what location?

5. Which character overheard Superintendent Spencer order Griff to throw the boxing match?

Short Essay Questions

1. What quality did Harper name as the most important one for a Community Service work detail member to possess?

2. What does the set of "Chipwick's British Classics" (84) symbolize within the novel?

3. What physical problem of Elwood's is described in Chapter 11?

4. At what decision did Elwood arrive in relation to a date of release in Chapter 8?

5. The narrator begins Chapter 12 by stating that "There were four ways out of Nickel" (144). What were they?

6. What did adult Elwood do with the napkin associated with Chickie Pete and why?

7. What happened to the money Elwood had saved up for college?

8. In what way does Whitehead employ foreshadowing in relation to the story about the escapee named Clayton Smith?

9. What annual tradition existed at Nickel that involved one white inmate and one black inmate?

10. How was Griff punished for his mistake in the boxing match?

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