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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 do Mama Jean and Crab talk about?
(a) Mama Jean's sacrifices for Jimmy.
(b) The past.
(c) Jimmy's future.
(d) Jimmy's truancy.

2. Who does Jimmy watch for out the window?
(a) Cookie.
(b) A policeman.
(c) Mama Jean.
(d) His father.

3. Where does this person live?
(a) New York.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Nebraska.

4. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives at school?
(a) English.
(b) Detention.
(c) Biology.
(d) Gym.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?

2. What does Jimmy say when he sees Crab acting odd?

3. Where is Jimmy when he wakes up during the drive?

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

5. Who is the protagonist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Jimmy's parents?

2. What makes Crab nervous when they stop?

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

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

5. What is the destination of Crab's trip with Jimmy?

6. Why was Crab in prison?

7. What happens when Jimmy arrives in his classroom?

8. Describe Jimmy's departure with Crab.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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