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

2. Why does Crab have to leave as soon as possible?
(a) His money is running out.
(b) His parole.
(c) Some criminals.
(d) He is running from the law.

3. What does Cookie tell Jimmy?
(a) That he is going to fail.
(b) That he is a school hero.
(c) That someone has been looking for him.
(d) That he is in trouble.

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

5. How does Jimmy find out who the man is?
(a) He compares his face to some pictures Mama Jean has.
(b) He sees his driver's license.
(c) He is told by the principal.
(d) He interrogates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man ask Jimmy?

2. What is Jimmy's intention as the novel begins?

3. How long has this gap between intention and action been going on, as the novel begins?

4. What is Jimmy doing when the novel begins?

5. Who is the man who talks to Jimmy?

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