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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cookie tell Jimmy?
(a) That he is in trouble.
(b) That someone has been looking for him.
(c) That he is a school hero.
(d) That he is going to fail.

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

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

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

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

6. What is Jimmy's race?
(a) Black.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Asian.
(d) White.

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

8. What happened in spite of Jimmy's intention?
(a) He always forced himself to go.
(b) He did not make it to school.
(c) He got lost.
(d) He could not pass his tests.

9. What does Crab do for Mama Jean?
(a) Bring food and drink.
(b) Fix the sink.
(c) Give her money.
(d) Threaten her.

10. Where is Jimmy when he wakes up during the drive?
(a) In the projects.
(b) On the side of the road.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) At a restaurant.

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

12. How long has this gap between intention and action been going on, as the novel begins?
(a) A month or two.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) Years.
(d) A few days.

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

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

15. Who does Jimmy watch for out the window?
(a) Mama Jean.
(b) Cookie.
(c) A policeman.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama Jean give Jimmy before he leaves?

2. What are Crab's plans after proving his innocence?

3. What does Jimmy suspect Crab was really doing when Jimmy woke up on the road?

4. How does Jimmy find out who the man is?

5. What does the narrator say Jimmy's father never asked him?

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