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

2. What is Jimmy's intention as the novel begins?
(a) To see his father.
(b) To get good grades.
(c) To go to school.
(d) To skip school.

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

4. How does Jimmy find out who the man is?
(a) He sees his driver's license.
(b) He compares his face to some pictures Mama Jean has.
(c) He is told by the principal.
(d) He interrogates him.

5. Who is Mavis?
(a) Crab's sister-in-law.
(b) Crab's sister.
(c) An old lover of Crab's.
(d) Crab's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crab tell Jimmy about his time in jail?

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

3. What changes Mama Jean's mood?

4. Where does Crab appear from?

5. What does he wonder about to this person?

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