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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. Why does Crab have to leave as soon as possible?
(a) His money is running out.
(b) Some criminals.
(c) He is running from the law.
(d) His parole.

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

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

4. How trustworthy is Crab in Jimmy's eyes?
(a) Jimmy does not trust Crab at all.
(b) Jimmy believes that if Crab is his father, then nothing he did could be wrong.
(c) This has yet to be determined.
(d) Jimmy is preparing tests to determine how trustworthy Crab is, but he has not come to a conclusion yet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jimmy and Crab eat when they stop?

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

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

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

5. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Crab nervous when they stop?

2. What happens when Jimmy arrives in his classroom?

3. Why was Crab in prison?

4. Where does Crab intend to take Jimmy?

5. Where does Jimmy find himself when he wakes up in the car?

6. What happens when Crab comes back to the car?

7. What does Crab's story have to do with the trip he is taking with Jimmy?

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

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

10. What favor does Crab do for Mama Jean?

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