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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Cookie?
(a) Jimmy's aunt.
(b) Jimmy's teacher.
(c) Jimmy's father.
(d) Jimmy's neighbor.

2. What does Jimmy do instead of going to school?
(a) Goes to the movies.
(b) Writes stories.
(c) Play games with other truants.
(d) Wanders around the city.

3. What happened in spite of Jimmy's intention?
(a) He could not pass his tests.
(b) He got lost.
(c) He always forced himself to go.
(d) He did not make it to school.

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

5. What changes Mama Jean's mood?
(a) She learns that Jimmy's father is going to send her some money for Jimmy.
(b) She learns that Jimmy has to be punished for being absent so much.
(c) She learns that Crab wants to take Jimmy to Chicago.
(d) She learns that Jimmy's father has been released from prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Crab uneasy when they stop?

2. Who does Jimmy watch for out the window?

3. How long has this gap between intention and action been going on, as the novel begins?

4. Who is the man who talks to Jimmy?

5. Who does Crab say fingered him for the crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jimmy's situation with school?

2. What does Jimmy do after Crab finds him?

3. What does Mama Jean tell Jimmy when he is leaving?

4. What favor does Crab do for Mama Jean?

5. Describe Jimmy's departure with Crab.

6. What is Mama Jean's response to Crab's arrival?

7. How does Crab behave when Cookie knocks on the door?

8. Where are Jimmy's parents?

9. Where does Crab intend to take Jimmy?

10. Who does Jimmy think is looking for him?

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