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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jimmy and Crab eat when they stop?

2. What does Cookie tell Jimmy?

3. How does Jimmy find out who the man is?

4. When did Jimmy's father go away?

5. What does Jimmy suspect Crab was really doing when Jimmy woke up on the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jimmy think is looking for him?

2. What is Jimmy's environment like?

3. How did Crab come to see Jimmy?

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

5. What happens when Jimmy arrives in his classroom?

6. Where does Jimmy live?

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

8. Where are Jimmy's parents?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is Mama Jean a better parent than Crab? In what ways is she not? What does Crab teach Jimmy that Mama Jean could not, and vice versa?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "Somewhere in the Darkness". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

Would you recommend "Somewhere in the Darkness"? For what purposes would you recommend "Somewhere in the Darkness", and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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