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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) The school closes early on Wednesdays.
(b) They have to put on the show.
(c) They finish their tests.
(d) They are dismissed for summer.

2. What is Jimmy's race?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Asian.
(d) Hispanic.

3. Where does Crab park the car when they stop?
(a) Off to the side of the filling station.
(b) Right in front, with the engine idling.
(c) Slanting across a few parking places.
(d) Behind the building, out of sight.

4. What is Jimmy's status in Crab's eyes?
(a) He is still impressionable and can be told anything about Crab's background.
(b) He is the only person whose ideas matter to him any more.
(c) He is the only person who does not know the truth about him.
(d) He is the only one left who might care about him.

5. Why does Crab say he was not involved in the crime?
(a) He was with one of the thieves' girlfriends.
(b) He had told the thieves he had given up stealing.
(c) He was not in that town that day.
(d) He had a toothache that day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy's response to the move to Chicago?

2. Who does Crab say fingered him for the crime?

3. Where is Jimmy's father?

4. Why does Crab want to take Jimmy to see this person?

5. What does Crab say he was afraid of before he was released?

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