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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. How does Crab characterize his father?

2. Where does Jimmy go after learning this?

3. What does Jimmy think about instead of his father?

4. What does Crab tell Jimmy?

5. What does Crab tell Jimmy he arranged for the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Crab do when Jimmy gets back with the aspirin he asked him to get?

2. Where is Jimmy when he wakes up after some driving?

3. Where do Crab and Jimmy stop in Chicago?

4. Where do Crab and Jimmy stay in Chicago?

5. What response does Rydell make?

6. How does Jimmy find out that Crab is sick?

7. What does the conjure man tell Crab?

8. What are Jimmy's thoughts on returning to the room alone?

9. What do Crab and Jimmy do in the morning?

10. Where does Jimmy go to collect Crab, and how do they pass the night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How likely is Jimmy to go to school, and be a good student, as a result of the events described in the novel? What would happen in a sequel to "Somewhere in the Darkness"?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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