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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. What does Jimmy think about doing after he gets back from Crab's errand?

3. What warning does Jimmy get in response?

4. Where does Crab arrange to take a room?

5. Who does Jimmy call?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do Crab and Jimmy stay in Chicago?

5. What does Crab ask Jimmy to say when he calls Rydell?

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

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

8. What response does Rydell make?

9. What makes Crab nervous about leaving the diner?

10. What does the conjure man tell Crab?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is "Somewhere in the Darkness" a quest novel, or just a novel about characters who wander around? In what way is it either one, or both? Does the fact that Crab does not accomplish his mission affect the nature of the book?

Essay Topic 2

How does Jimmy change over the course of the novel. What was he like in the beginning? What is he like in the end? What brings the change about?

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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