2. What is Jimmy's response to the move to Chicago?
(a) He does not fight it.
(b) He is hesitant and frightened, but does not feel he can stand up for himself.
(c) He is terrified and does not want to go.
(d) He is ready to go, without any regrets.

3. 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) A few days.
(d) Years.

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

5. What does Crab tell Jimmy about the trip to Chicago?
(a) He never planned to make it.
(b) He heard that his job there disappeared.
(c) He will get there after going to see Arkansas.
(d) He could never have done that job anyway.

6. Why is Jimmy's class dismissed early?
(a) They have to put on the show.
(b) They are dismissed for summer.
(c) They finish their tests.
(d) The school closes early on Wednesdays.

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

8. What does Crab have in Chicago?
(a) A business.
(b) A job.
(c) A wife.
(d) A school for Jimmy.

9. What makes Crab uneasy when they stop?
(a) The tires are nearly flat.
(b) Smoke from the engine.
(c) A policeman.
(d) He sees someone he had a fight with.

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

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

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

13. Where does this person live?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Nebraska.

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

15. What do Mama Jean and Crab talk about?
(a) Jimmy's truancy.
(b) Mama Jean's sacrifices for Jimmy.
(c) Jimmy's future.
(d) The past.