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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the novel set?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York.

2. What does Crab admit openly?
(a) That he is dying.
(b) That he is always afraid of being caught.
(c) That he murdered men.
(d) That he is a thief.

3. What is Jimmy's status in Crab's eyes?
(a) He is the only person whose ideas matter to him any more.
(b) He is still impressionable and can be told anything about Crab's background.
(c) He is the only one left who might care about him.
(d) He is the only person who does not know the truth about him.

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

5. Where is Crab when Jimmy wakes up?
(a) Nowhere to be seen.
(b) Outside talking to his friends.
(c) Going to the bathroom behind a tree.
(d) In a bar, talking to a trucker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jimmy watch for out the window?

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

3. What does Crab say he was afraid of before he was released?

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

5. What does Mama Jean tell Jimmy?

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