2. When did Jimmy's father go away?
(a) When Jimmy was two.
(b) When Jimmy was born.
(c) When Jimmy was five.
(d) When Jimmy was twelve.

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

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

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

6. Who fingered Crab for the crime?
(a) The girlfriend of one of the thieves.
(b) The station manager at the filling station where the thieves filled up after the crime.
(c) The policeman who arrested the thieves.
(d) The man who killed the man.

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

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

9. Where does Crab park the car when they stop?
(a) Right in front, with the engine idling.
(b) Off to the side of the filling station.
(c) Slanting across a few parking places.
(d) Behind the building, out of sight.

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

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

12. Why did this person shift the blame to Crab?
(a) Because he had made so much money, he could afford to quit crime for good now.
(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) To avoid it himself.

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

14. Who does Crab say fingered him for the crime?
(a) Rydell.
(b) Kiplinger.
(c) O'Brien.
(d) Terlihy.

15. What does Cookie give Jimmy?
(a) A drink.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) Books.
(d) Food.