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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 Frank rent?

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

3. What does Crab ask Jimmy to do?

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

5. Where do Crab and Jimmy spend the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Crab tell Jimmy about his own father?

3. What does Jimmy think about when he thinks of Mama Jean?

4. Describe Crab's interaction with Frank.

5. Why does Crab tell Jimmy to go to the room and stay there alone all night?

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

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

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

9. Where do Crab and Jimmy stay in Chicago?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different visions of parenthood in "Somewhere in the Darkness", and how do other people's ideas complement or conflict with Crab's method of being a parent? How are parents supposed to act, based on "Somewhere in the Darkness"?

Essay Topic 2

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 3

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"?

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