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

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

3. What does Crab do for Mama Jean?
(a) Threaten her.
(b) Fix the sink.
(c) Give her money.
(d) Bring food and drink.

4. What does the narrator say Jimmy's father never asked him?
(a) How he ended up with Mama Jean.
(b) What his mother was like.
(c) How he got convicted when he hadn't committed the crime.
(d) If he cared whether he had killed a man or not.

5. How long has this gap between intention and action been going on, as the novel begins?
(a) A month or two.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A few days.
(d) Years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy's status in Crab's eyes?

2. How does the narrator describe Jimmy's state of mind when he goes with Crab?

3. Why does Crab have to leave as soon as possible?

4. What makes Crab uneasy when they stop?

5. What does Crab tell Jimmy about his time in jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Crab nervous when they stop?

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

3. What is Jimmy's situation with school?

4. Where are Jimmy's parents?

5. Who does Jimmy think is looking for him?

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

7. Describe Jimmy's departure with Crab.

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

9. Why was Crab in prison?

10. What does Jimmy do after Crab finds him?

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