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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did this person shift the blame to Crab?
(a) Because he had prior convictions, and would be sentenced to life this time.
(b) Because he knew that he could get away with it.
(c) To avoid it himself.
(d) Because he had made so much money, he could afford to quit crime for good now.

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

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

4. What is Jimmy's intention as the novel begins?
(a) To go to school.
(b) To skip school.
(c) To get good grades.
(d) To see his father.

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe Jimmy's state of mind when he goes with Crab?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Resistant.
(c) Willing.
(d) Hostile.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crab have in Chicago?

2. What was Crab arrested for?

3. What does Jimmy expect from Cookie's news?

4. What does the man ask Jimmy?

5. What is Mama Jean's relation to Jimmy?

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