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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 ask Jimmy to do?

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

3. What is Crab's response after Jimmy makes his call?

4. What does this person tell Crab?

5. Who do Crab and Jimmy see at this place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Crab nervous about leaving the diner?

2. What does the conjure man tell Crab?

3. What does Jimmy do when Crab is distracted?

4. Where do Crab and Jimmy stop in Chicago?

5. What does Crab do when Jimmy gets back with the aspirin he asked him to get?

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

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

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

9. Where do Crab and Jimmy go after they secure a place to stay?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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

Write an evaluative review of "Somewhere in the Darkness". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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