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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 56-94.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jimmy doing when the novel begins?
(a) Getting out of bed.
(b) Doing homework.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Going to sleep.

2. What impression do we get of Jimmy's personality?
(a) He thinks about killing himself out of despair.
(b) He wants to do the right thing, but is unmotivated.
(c) He has beautiful dreams, but gets angry when he cannot realize them as he sees them.
(d) He is devious and untrustworthy.

3. Where is Jimmy when he wakes up during the drive?
(a) In the projects.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) On the side of the road.
(d) At a restaurant.

4. Where is Jimmy's father?
(a) Europe.
(b) Dead.
(c) Australia.
(d) Prison.

5. Why does Frank threaten to beat Crab up?
(a) Crab owes him money.
(b) Crab got him arrested once.
(c) Crab is rude to him.
(d) Crab owes Mavis money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives at school?

2. Who does Crab say fingered him for the crime?

3. What does Jimmy say when he sees Crab acting odd?

4. How does Jimmy find out who the man is?

5. What does the narrator say Jimmy's father never asked him?

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