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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Jimmy keep the fact that he made a phone call secret?
(a) No--he tells Crab because he does not want to have a secret.
(b) Yes--it will be easier to get away from Crab if Crab doesn't know that people are helping him.
(c) Yes--he does not want to anger Crab.
(d) No--he is afraid that Crab will hurt him if he finds out later.

2. What does Crab tell Jimmy he arranged for the night?
(a) A job.
(b) A heist.
(c) A plan for revenge on Frank.
(d) An interview.

3. What does this person tell Crab?
(a) That he is going to be sick again.
(b) That Rydell is gone.
(c) Where Rydell is.
(d) Where he can find the conjure man.

4. How does the narrator characterize the area where Jimmy wakes up?
(a) Pastoral.
(b) Urban.
(c) Forest.
(d) Industrial.

5. Who does Jimmy call?
(a) Mama Jean.
(b) Frank.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Mavis.

6. Who does Jimmy think about while he is alone?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mama Jean.
(c) Crab.
(d) Frank.

7. Where do Crab and Jimmy enter as they cross a bridge?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Tennessee.

8. Crab and Jimmy leave when Mavis goes where?
(a) To go shopping?
(b) To work.
(c) To visit her mother.
(d) To sleep.

9. Who is Frank?
(a) Mavis' son.
(b) Mavis' brother.
(c) Crab's son.
(d) Crab's brother.

10. What do Crab and Jimmy do after Jimmy asks his question?
(a) Get something to eat.
(b) Get back on the road.
(c) Find a place to stay.
(d) Visit a friend of Crab's.

11. What is odd about Frank's arranging the rental?
(a) He says that Jimmy is his younger brother.
(b) He uses someone else's name.
(c) He says that he lives in California.
(d) He says that he has just bought a house in the area.

12. What does Jimmy do after asking Crab questions?
(a) Gets something to eat.
(b) Climbs into the back seat to read.
(c) Sings to himself.
(d) Falls asleep.

13. What does Crab instruct Jimmy to ask?
(a) Whether the conjure man is around.
(b) When they will arrive.
(c) How long he can stay in town.
(d) When dinner will be served.

14. Where do Crab and Jimmy go in the morning?
(a) To Crab's interview.
(b) To the school.
(c) To get breakfast.
(d) To the pharmacist.

15. Who do Crab and Jimmy talk to during this stop?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A man at the bar.
(d) A policeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crab want Jimmy to inquire about when he sends him back inside?

2. What does he wonder about to this person?

3. What does Jimmy feel about the place where he'll spend the night?

4. Where does Crab arrange to take a room?

5. Where do Crab and Jimmy go from this place?

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