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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 30-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jimmy's class dismissed early?
(a) They finish their tests.
(b) They have to put on the show.
(c) They are dismissed for summer.
(d) The school closes early on Wednesdays.

2. How does the narrator describe Jimmy's state of mind when he goes with Crab?
(a) Resistant.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Willing.
(d) Indifferent.

3. Where is Crab when Jimmy wakes up?
(a) In a bar, talking to a trucker.
(b) Outside talking to his friends.
(c) Nowhere to be seen.
(d) Going to the bathroom behind a tree.

4. Who does Jimmy watch for out the window?
(a) A policeman.
(b) His father.
(c) Mama Jean.
(d) Cookie.

5. Where is Jimmy's father?
(a) Europe.
(b) Dead.
(c) Australia.
(d) Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jimmy want to borrow someone's notebook?

2. What does Crab do for Mama Jean?

3. Where do Crab and Jimmy go when Crab comes back?

4. How does Crab's arrival change things for Jimmy? He is thrust into a role he has never played. He is no longer free. He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe. He is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.

5. Why does Crab say he was not involved in the crime?

(see the answer key)

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