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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jimmy want to borrow someone's notebook?
(a) To copy their answers.
(b) To catch up on homework.
(c) To get paper to write a note to the teacher.
(d) To distract himself from what the teacher is saying.

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

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

4. What does the man ask Jimmy?
(a) Whether he wants to go to school.
(b) Whether he wants to keep living with Mama Jean.
(c) Whether he is satisfied that he is Jimmy's father.
(d) Whether he wants to run away.

5. 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 sees his driver's license.
(d) He is told by the principal.

6. Where is Jimmy's mother?
(a) She is gone.
(b) Europe.
(c) Prison.
(d) Dead.

7. Where is the novel set?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Atlanta.

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

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

10. Who is the protagonist?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Crab.
(d) Mama Jean.

11. What are Jimmy's feelings about his father?
(a) He is wary of his promises.
(b) He is still unsure how to feel.
(c) He is resentful about his absence.
(d) He is impressed by his bravado.

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

13. What impression do we get of Jimmy's personality?
(a) He thinks about killing himself out of despair.
(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 wants to do the right thing, but is unmotivated.

14. What does Mama Jean offer Jimmy?
(a) Secrets about Crab.
(b) Contacts in Chicago.
(c) A place to come back to.
(d) Money.

15. What does Crab do when Cookie knocks on the door?
(a) Tells her to go away.
(b) Runs out.
(c) Keeps silent and makes Jimmy be silent too.
(d) Hides in the living room.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What is Jimmy's race?

4. Why does Jimmy have a hard time getting to school?

5. Where does Crab appear from?

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