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

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

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

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

5. What does Crab have in Chicago?
(a) A job.
(b) A school for Jimmy.
(c) A business.
(d) A wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the novel set?

2. Why is Jimmy's class dismissed early?

3. Where is Jimmy's mother?

4. What is Jimmy's domestic situation?

5. Why does Jimmy have a hard time getting to school?

(see the answer key)

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