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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 status in Crab's eyes?
(a) He is still impressionable and can be told anything about Crab's background.
(b) He is the only person who does not know the truth about him.
(c) He is the only one left who might care about him.
(d) He is the only person whose ideas matter to him any more.

2. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?
(a) Field day.
(b) A theatre performance.
(c) Graduation.
(d) Achievement tests.

3. What does Crab admit openly?
(a) That he is a thief.
(b) That he is always afraid of being caught.
(c) That he murdered men.
(d) That he is dying.

4. What does Mama Jean tell Jimmy?
(a) He will be stronger after this has happened.
(b) He does not have to go.
(c) He had better be good.
(d) He should call the police if he needs help.

5. What does Jimmy expect from Cookie's news?
(a) That someone is going to complain about his attendance.
(b) That he is going to be sent to detention.
(c) That he is going to be expelled.
(d) That his father has come for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives there?

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

3. What is Jimmy's race?

4. When did Jimmy's father go away?

5. What does Mama Jean say when she comes in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jimmy do after Crab finds him?

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

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

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

8. Where does Jimmy live?

9. What happens when Jimmy arrives in his classroom?

10. What favor does Crab do for Mama Jean?

(see the answer keys)

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