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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Crab say he was not involved in the crime?
(a) He had a toothache that day.
(b) He was with one of the thieves' girlfriends.
(c) He had told the thieves he had given up stealing.
(d) He was not in that town that day.

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

3. What is Jimmy doing when the novel begins?
(a) Getting out of bed.
(b) Doing homework.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Going to sleep.

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

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 is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.
(b) He is no longer free.
(c) He is thrust into a role he has never played.
(d) He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe.

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

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

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

9. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?
(a) Achievement tests.
(b) Graduation.
(c) A theatre performance.
(d) Field day.

10. Why did this person shift the blame to Crab?
(a) To avoid it himself.
(b) Because he had prior convictions, and would be sentenced to life this time.
(c) Because he knew that he could get away with it.
(d) Because he had made so much money, he could afford to quit crime for good now.

11. What do Mama Jean and Crab talk about?
(a) Mama Jean's sacrifices for Jimmy.
(b) Jimmy's truancy.
(c) The past.
(d) Jimmy's future.

12. What is Mama Jean's relation to Jimmy?
(a) Mother.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Family friend.
(d) Sister.

13. What are Crab's plans after proving his innocence?
(a) He plans to get a job and straighten himself out.
(b) He plans to set up a house in California.
(c) He plans to get Jimmy involved in his crimes.
(d) This has not been revealed yet. He plans to go to court to prove his innocence there.

14. What do Jimmy and Crab eat when they stop?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A snack.
(d) Breakfast.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crab tell Jimmy about the trip to Chicago?

2. What was Crab arrested for?

3. What does Jimmy do instead of going to school?

4. How trustworthy is Crab in Jimmy's eyes?

5. Who is Cookie?

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