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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. What does Cookie give Jimmy?
(a) A drink.
(b) Books.
(c) Food.
(d) An umbrella.

2. Who is the protagonist?
(a) Crab.
(b) Cookie.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Mama Jean.

3. Who does Crab say fingered him for the crime?
(a) Terlihy.
(b) Kiplinger.
(c) O'Brien.
(d) Rydell.

4. What is Jimmy's race?
(a) White.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Asian.
(d) Black.

5. Why does Crab want to take Jimmy to see this person?
(a) So he can get revenge.
(b) So he can clear Crab in the eyes of the law.
(c) So he can get some of the take from the heist.
(d) So he can tell Jimmy what really happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy suspect Crab was really doing when Jimmy woke up on the road?

2. What impression do we get of Jimmy's personality?

3. Why does Crab say he was not involved in the crime?

4. What does Cookie tell Jimmy?

5. What does the man ask Jimmy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Crab nervous when they stop?

2. What is Jimmy's situation with school?

3. What is Jimmy's environment like?

4. Where does Jimmy live?

5. What is Jimmy's relationship with Mama Jean?

6. What does Crab tell Jimmy is the truth about his arrest?

7. What does Crab's story have to do with the trip he is taking with Jimmy?

8. Where does Jimmy find himself when he wakes up in the car?

9. What is the destination of Crab's trip with Jimmy?

10. How did Crab come to see Jimmy?

(see the answer keys)

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