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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did this person shift the blame to Crab?
(a) Because he had prior convictions, and would be sentenced to life this time.
(b) Because he knew that he could get away with it.
(c) To avoid it himself.
(d) Because he had made so much money, he could afford to quit crime for good now.

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

3. What does Crab want Jimmy to know about him?
(a) That he should never have made the decisions that led him into crime.
(b) That he had done worse things that had not been punished.
(c) That he is not a killer.
(d) That he had not protected himself against being framed.

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

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

6. Where do Crab and Jimmy go when Crab comes back?
(a) To a filling station.
(b) To a lake.
(c) To a friend's house.
(d) To a scenic overlook.

7. What does Mama Jean make before packing Jimmy's things?
(a) Cookies.
(b) A cake.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Dinner.

8. Why does Jimmy have a hard time getting to school?
(a) He feels lost there.
(b) The school is hard to find.
(c) He does not speak good English.
(d) The kinds beat him up.

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

10. Where is Jimmy's mother?
(a) Prison.
(b) Europe.
(c) Dead.
(d) She is gone.

11. 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.
(a) He has to use all his resources just to keep himself safe.
(b) He is no longer free.
(c) He is thrust into a role he has never played.
(d) He is constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.

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

13. What does Jimmy do instead of going to school?
(a) Writes stories.
(b) Play games with other truants.
(c) Wanders around the city.
(d) Goes to the movies.

14. How long has Jimmy lived with Mama Jean?
(a) A couple of years.
(b) A year.
(c) All his life.
(d) Since he was a child.

15. What are Crab's plans after proving his innocence?
(a) This has not been revealed yet. He plans to go to court to prove his innocence there.
(b) He plans to set up a house in California.
(c) He plans to get a job and straighten himself out.
(d) He plans to get Jimmy involved in his crimes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are Jimmy's feelings about his father?

4. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?

5. Where does Crab appear from?

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