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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 does the narrator say Jimmy's father never asked him?
(a) What his mother was like.
(b) If he cared whether he had killed a man or not.
(c) How he got convicted when he hadn't committed the crime.
(d) How he ended up with Mama Jean.

2. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives at school?
(a) Gym.
(b) Biology.
(c) Detention.
(d) English.

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

4. What does Crab do when they arrive?
(a) Cash a check.
(b) Makes some phone calls.
(c) Shows Jimmy around.
(d) Gets drunk.

5. How does Crab's arrival change things for Jimmy? He is thrust into a role he has never played. He is no longer free. He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe. He is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.
(a) He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe.
(b) He is no longer free.
(c) He is thrust into a role he has never played.
(d) He is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Crab take Jimmy?

2. Who does Crab know where he and Jimmy stop?

3. What is Jimmy's status in Crab's eyes?

4. Where was Crab before he was released from prison?

5. What impression do we get of Jimmy's personality?

(see the answer key)

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