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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 he think about this person?

2. Where do Crab and Jimmy go when they arrive?

3. What does Crab do when they arrive?

4. Who is Mavis?

5. What does Jimmy find when he returns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Crab nervous about leaving the diner?

2. What does Jimmy do when Crab is distracted?

3. Where do Crab and Jimmy stay in Chicago?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the conjure man tell Crab?

10. What is Crab's reaction when Jimmy tells him that he called Mama Jean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize the author's writing style? How is language itself a character in the story? Is it supposed to be transparent, or does the author draw attention to his use of language?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the conflict between Jimmy's desires and his father's desires. What does Jimmy want to know, as opposed to his father wanting him to know the truth about his arrest? How does the conflict make each character's desires clearer to them? How are they reconciled?

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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