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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 does Crab make arrangements for?

2. Where do Crab and Jimmy go when Mavis leaves?

3. Where does Crab tell Jimmy to go for the night?

4. Where do Crab and Jimmy go when they arrive?

5. What does Crab want Jimmy to inquire about when he sends him back inside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jimmy think about when he tries to think about Crab as a child?

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

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

4. Describe Crab's interaction with Frank.

5. What does Jimmy do when Crab is distracted?

6. Where do Crab and Jimmy go after the diner?

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

8. What response does Rydell make?

9. What does Crab tell Jimmy about the diner where they stop?

10. What had Crab's plan for the night been?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Crab's illness makes it impossible for him to play more than an episodic role in Jimmy's life. How else does his illness figure in the book? Is it a symbol or a metaphor? What does it symbolize? What clues does the author give us, that Crab's illness might mean more than just his individual sickness?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What makes Crab a father for Jimmy? That is, how does he play that role? What kind of father is Crab?

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