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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jimmy's class preparing for?
(a) Graduation.
(b) A theatre performance.
(c) Achievement tests.
(d) Field day.

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

3. Why does Jimmy want to borrow someone's notebook?
(a) To catch up on homework.
(b) To copy their answers.
(c) To distract himself from what the teacher is saying.
(d) To get paper to write a note to the teacher.

4. What is Jimmy doing when the novel begins?
(a) Doing homework.
(b) Getting out of bed.
(c) Going to sleep.
(d) Eating dinner.

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

6. What does Cookie give Jimmy?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) Books.
(c) A drink.
(d) Food.

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

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

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

10. Who does Crab say fingered him for the crime?
(a) Kiplinger.
(b) O'Brien.
(c) Terlihy.
(d) Rydell.

11. What was Crab arrested for?
(a) Robbing an armored car and killing a man.
(b) Dealing drugs.
(c) Mail fraud.
(d) Hitting someone with his car.

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

13. Why does Crab have to leave as soon as possible?
(a) He is running from the law.
(b) Some criminals.
(c) His money is running out.
(d) His parole.

14. What is Jimmy's response to the move to Chicago?
(a) He is ready to go, without any regrets.
(b) He does not fight it.
(c) He is hesitant and frightened, but does not feel he can stand up for himself.
(d) He is terrified and does not want to go.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mama Jean's relation to Jimmy?

2. Where is the novel set?

3. What does the narrator say Jimmy's father never asked him?

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. How long has Jimmy lived with Mama Jean?

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