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

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

3. Where was Crab before he was released from prison?
(a) Maximum security.
(b) Solitary confinement.
(c) A halfway house.
(d) The hospital.

4. What is Jimmy's race?
(a) Asian.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Hispanic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Crab and Jimmy go when Crab comes back?

2. What happened in spite of Jimmy's intention?

3. What are Jimmy's feelings about his father?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Jimmy think is looking for him?

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

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 Mama Jean tell Jimmy when he is leaving?

8. Where does Jimmy live?

9. What favor does Crab do for Mama Jean?

10. What does Jimmy do after Crab finds him?

(see the answer keys)

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