View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy doing when the novel begins?

2. What are Crab's plans after proving his innocence?

3. How does Crab's arrival change things for Jimmy? He is thrust into a role he has never played. He is no longer free. He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe. He is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.

4. What does Crab do for Mama Jean?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jimmy's environment like?

2. Who does Jimmy think is looking for him?

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

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

5. What is Jimmy's situation with school?

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

7. What does Crab tell Jimmy is the truth about his arrest?

8. What does Jimmy do after Crab finds him?

9. Where does Jimmy live?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between North and South in "Somewhere in the Darkness"? How does that difference reflect the difference between Crab and Jimmy?

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 592 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample