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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 is Jimmy's race?

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

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

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

5. Who is the protagonist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jimmy do after Crab finds him?

2. What makes Crab nervous when they stop?

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

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

5. What favor does Crab do for Mama Jean?

6. What happens when Crab comes back to the car?

7. Who does Jimmy think is looking for him?

8. What is Jimmy's environment like?

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

10. What happens when Jimmy arrives in his classroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of 'Somewhere in the Darkness'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Use the book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

Essay Topic 3

How surprising is "Somewhere in the Darkness"? What did you expect from the opening chapters, and where did the book diverge from your expectation? How did the book set you up to believe one thing, and then give you another? Where was the suspense generated?

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