View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 30-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crab say he was afraid of before he was released?
(a) That he would never be able to change.
(b) That he wouldn't see Jimmy again.
(c) That he would be remembered for his crimes, not his ideas.
(d) That he was going to be killed.

2. When did Jimmy's father go away?
(a) When Jimmy was two.
(b) When Jimmy was five.
(c) When Jimmy was born.
(d) When Jimmy was twelve.

3. Where does this person live?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) New York.

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

5. What does Mama Jean offer Jimmy?
(a) Contacts in Chicago.
(b) A place to come back to.
(c) Secrets about Crab.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Jean make before packing Jimmy's things?

2. What does Mama Jean say when she comes in?

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

4. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?

5. How does the narrator describe Jimmy's state of mind when he goes with Crab?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 246 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample