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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 tell Jimmy he arranged for the night?
2. Where do Crab and Jimmy go from this place?
3. Where do Crab and Jimmy enter as they cross a bridge?
4. Where do Crab and Jimmy go after this visit?
5. What happens to Crab and Jimmy on their way out of town?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Crab do when Jimmy gets back with the aspirin he asked him to get?
2. Where do Crab and Jimmy go after they secure a place to stay?
3. What had Crab's plan for the night been?
4. Where do Crab and Jimmy stay in Chicago?
5. What makes Crab nervous about leaving the diner?
6. What does Jimmy think about when he thinks of Mama Jean?
7. What are Jimmy's thoughts on returning to the room alone?
8. What response does Rydell make?
9. What does Crab tell Jimmy about his own father?
10. Where do Crab and Jimmy stop in Chicago?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Use the book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.
Essay Topic 2
Would you recommend "Somewhere in the Darkness"? For what purposes would you recommend "Somewhere in the Darkness", and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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