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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the protagonist?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Cookie.
(c) Mama Jean.
(d) Crab.

2. How does Jimmy find out who the man is?
(a) He is told by the principal.
(b) He interrogates him.
(c) He compares his face to some pictures Mama Jean has.
(d) He sees his driver's license.

3. What is Jimmy's intention as the novel begins?
(a) To skip school.
(b) To go to school.
(c) To see his father.
(d) To get good grades.

4. What does Mama Jean say when she comes in?
(a) She is glad to see Crab.
(b) She is upset, and runs out.
(c) She is afraid of the man with Jimmy.
(d) She is apologetic that Jimmy hasn't been going to school.

5. What does Crab tell Jimmy about the trip to Chicago?
(a) He heard that his job there disappeared.
(b) He never planned to make it.
(c) He will get there after going to see Arkansas.
(d) He could never have done that job anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has this gap between intention and action been going on, as the novel begins?

2. What do Mama Jean and Crab talk about?

3. Who is Cookie?

4. Who is the man who talks to Jimmy?

5. What does Cookie tell Jimmy?

(see the answer key)

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