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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. What does Cookie tell Jimmy?
(a) That he is in trouble.
(b) That he is a school hero.
(c) That someone has been looking for him.
(d) That he is going to fail.

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

3. Where is Jimmy's father?
(a) Australia.
(b) Dead.
(c) Europe.
(d) Prison.

4. Where is Jimmy's mother?
(a) Prison.
(b) Europe.
(c) She is gone.
(d) Dead.

5. What does Mama Jean say when she comes in?
(a) She is upset, and runs out.
(b) She is apologetic that Jimmy hasn't been going to school.
(c) She is glad to see Crab.
(d) She is afraid of the man with Jimmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man ask Jimmy?

2. What does the narrator say Jimmy's father never asked him?

3. What does Cookie give Jimmy?

4. Where does this person live?

5. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Crab do for Mama Jean?

2. Where are Jimmy's parents?

3. How does Crab explain having been arrested in spite of being innocent?

4. What does Crab tell Jimmy is the truth about his arrest?

5. What happens when Jimmy finally makes it to school?

6. What happens when Jimmy arrives in his classroom?

7. What is Jimmy's relationship with Mama Jean?

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

9. What is Jimmy's situation with school?

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

(see the answer keys)

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