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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Cookie?
(a) Jimmy's father.
(b) Jimmy's aunt.
(c) Jimmy's neighbor.
(d) Jimmy's teacher.

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

5. How trustworthy is Crab in Jimmy's eyes?
(a) This has yet to be determined.
(b) Jimmy does not trust Crab at all.
(c) Jimmy believes that if Crab is his father, then nothing he did could be wrong.
(d) Jimmy is preparing tests to determine how trustworthy Crab is, but he has not come to a conclusion yet.

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

7. What does Jimmy expect from Cookie's news?
(a) That someone is going to complain about his attendance.
(b) That his father has come for him.
(c) That he is going to be sent to detention.
(d) That he is going to be expelled.

8. What does Crab tell Jimmy about his time in jail?
(a) He read a lot of books.
(b) He was always fighting.
(c) He was sick.
(d) He learned to feel sorry for what he had done.

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

10. What does Jimmy suspect Crab was really doing when Jimmy woke up on the road?
(a) Planning another heist.
(b) Meeting up with an old girlfriend.
(c) Preparing to ditch him on the road.
(d) Robbing a filling station.

11. 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.

12. What impression do we get of Jimmy's personality?
(a) He is devious and untrustworthy.
(b) He wants to do the right thing, but is unmotivated.
(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. Why does Jimmy want to borrow someone's notebook?
(a) To catch up on homework.
(b) To distract himself from what the teacher is saying.
(c) To get paper to write a note to the teacher.
(d) To copy their answers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?

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

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

4. What does Crab do when Cookie knocks on the door?

5. Who fingered Crab for the crime?

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