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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama Jean say when she comes in?
(a) She is upset, and runs out.
(b) She is glad to see Crab.
(c) She is afraid of the man with Jimmy.
(d) She is apologetic that Jimmy hasn't been going to school.

2. What is Jimmy's domestic situation?
(a) He is doted on, almost smothered.
(b) He is well cared for.
(c) He is left to fend for himself.
(d) He is abused.

3. What changes Mama Jean's mood?
(a) She learns that Jimmy's father has been released from prison.
(b) She learns that Jimmy's father is going to send her some money for Jimmy.
(c) She learns that Crab wants to take Jimmy to Chicago.
(d) She learns that Jimmy has to be punished for being absent so much.

4. Why does Jimmy have a hard time getting to school?
(a) The kinds beat him up.
(b) The school is hard to find.
(c) He does not speak good English.
(d) He feels lost there.

5. What does Crab do when Cookie knocks on the door?
(a) Keeps silent and makes Jimmy be silent too.
(b) Tells her to go away.
(c) Hides in the living room.
(d) Runs out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy's race?

2. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?

3. Where is the novel set?

4. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives there?

5. How does Crab's arrival change things for Jimmy? He is thrust into a role he has never played. He is no longer free. He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe. He is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.

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