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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 56-94.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Crab uneasy when they stop?
(a) Smoke from the engine.
(b) The tires are nearly flat.
(c) He sees someone he had a fight with.
(d) A policeman.

2. What does Crab tell Jimmy about the trip to Chicago?
(a) He will get there after going to see Arkansas.
(b) He heard that his job there disappeared.
(c) He never planned to make it.
(d) He could never have done that job anyway.

3. Where does Crab park the car when they stop?
(a) Off to the side of the filling station.
(b) Behind the building, out of sight.
(c) Slanting across a few parking places.
(d) Right in front, with the engine idling.

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

5. What does Jimmy find when he returns?
(a) Crab is in pain.
(b) Crab is gone.
(c) Crab is angry at him for being gone so long.
(d) Crab is passed out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did this person shift the blame to Crab?

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

3. What is Franks' profession?

4. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives there?

5. How does Frank pay for the rental?

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