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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who died in the events for which Crab was arrested?
(a) A fellow thief.
(b) A woman.
(c) A child.
(d) A guard.

2. Who is the man who talks to Jimmy?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) The Guidance Counselor.
(d) The Principal.

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

4. What is Jimmy's status in Crab's eyes?
(a) He is the only person who does not know the truth about him.
(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 whose ideas matter to him any more.

5. Where was Crab before he was released from prison?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A halfway house.
(c) Solitary confinement.
(d) Maximum security.

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

7. How long has Jimmy lived with Mama Jean?
(a) All his life.
(b) A couple of years.
(c) Since he was a child.
(d) A year.

8. Where do Crab and Jimmy go when Crab comes back?
(a) To a friend's house.
(b) To a lake.
(c) To a scenic overlook.
(d) To a filling station.

9. Where does Crab appear from?
(a) A house.
(b) The bushes.
(c) Down the road.
(d) A restaurant.

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

11. What was Crab arrested for?
(a) Dealing drugs.
(b) Robbing an armored car and killing a man.
(c) Hitting someone with his car.
(d) Mail fraud.

12. What impression do we get of Jimmy's personality?
(a) He wants to do the right thing, but is unmotivated.
(b) He is devious and untrustworthy.
(c) He has beautiful dreams, but gets angry when he cannot realize them as he sees them.
(d) He thinks about killing himself out of despair.

13. What has Jimmy's intention been for the past few days?
(a) To see his father.
(b) To escape from the house.
(c) To get food.
(d) To go to school.

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

15. Where does this person live?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fingered Crab for the crime?

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

3. What is Jimmy's intention as the novel begins?

4. How long has this gap between intention and action been going on, as the novel begins?

5. What does Jimmy say when he sees Crab acting odd?

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