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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 is Jimmy's intention as the novel begins?
(a) To get good grades.
(b) To see his father.
(c) To go to school.
(d) To skip school.

2. What is Jimmy doing when the novel begins?
(a) Getting out of bed.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Going to sleep.
(d) Doing homework.

3. How long has Jimmy lived with Mama Jean?
(a) A year.
(b) A couple of years.
(c) Since he was a child.
(d) All his life.

4. What does Jimmy suspect Crab was really doing when Jimmy woke up on the road?
(a) Preparing to ditch him on the road.
(b) Robbing a filling station.
(c) Planning another heist.
(d) Meeting up with an old girlfriend.

5. What does Mama Jean give Jimmy before he leaves?
(a) A book to write about his experiences.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) A phone number to call if he needs help.
(d) Stationery to write to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Crab park the car when they stop?

2. Who is Cookie?

3. How does Crab's arrival change things for Jimmy? He is thrust into a role he has never played. He is no longer free. He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe. He is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.

4. Why did this person shift the blame to Crab?

5. What do Mama Jean and Crab talk about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jimmy arrives in his classroom?

2. Where does Jimmy live?

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

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

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

6. What favor does Crab do for Mama Jean?

7. Who does Jimmy think is looking for him?

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

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

10. How did Crab come to see Jimmy?

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