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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. Where does Crab take Jimmy?

2. Where do Crab and Jimmy go from this place?

3. Where do Crab and Jimmy drive next?

4. What does Crab ask Jimmy to do?

5. What warning does Jimmy get in response?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Crab and Jimmy on their way out of Chicago?

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

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

5. What response does Rydell make?

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

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

8. What makes Crab nervous about leaving the diner?

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

10. Describe Crab's interaction with Frank.

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

At the end of the novel, Jimmy asks Crab what the goal of going to California would be. How important are goals in "Somewhere in the Darkness"? Does a plan need to have a goal for it to be important? Which characters have different beliefs about this question?

Essay Topic 3

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

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