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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jimmy's domestic situation?
(a) He is well cared for.
(b) He is left to fend for himself.
(c) He is doted on, almost smothered.
(d) He is abused.

3. What does Crab have in Chicago?
(a) A school for Jimmy.
(b) A wife.
(c) A job.
(d) A business.

4. What does the man ask Jimmy?
(a) Whether he wants to keep living with Mama Jean.
(b) Whether he is satisfied that he is Jimmy's father.
(c) Whether he wants to run away.
(d) Whether he wants to go to school.

5. What happened in spite of Jimmy's intention?
(a) He got lost.
(b) He did not make it to school.
(c) He could not pass his tests.
(d) He always forced himself to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jimmy's mother?

2. 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.

3. Who does Jimmy watch for out the window?

4. What changes Mama Jean's mood?

5. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives there?

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