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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama Jean tell Jimmy?
(a) He does not have to go.
(b) He should call the police if he needs help.
(c) He had better be good.
(d) He will be stronger after this has happened.

2. 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.

3. What does Mama Jean offer Jimmy?
(a) A place to come back to.
(b) Contacts in Chicago.
(c) Secrets about Crab.
(d) Money.

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

5. Where is Jimmy sent when he arrives at school?
(a) Biology.
(b) Detention.
(c) Gym.
(d) English.

6. What does the narrator say Jimmy's father never asked him?
(a) If he cared whether he had killed a man or not.
(b) What his mother was like.
(c) How he ended up with Mama Jean.
(d) How he got convicted when he hadn't committed the crime.

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

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

9. How long has this gap between intention and action been going on, as the novel begins?
(a) Years.
(b) A few days.
(c) A month or two.
(d) A few weeks.

10. Where is Jimmy's father?
(a) Australia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Dead.
(d) Prison.

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

12. Where does Crab appear from?
(a) Down the road.
(b) The bushes.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A house.

13. What does Crab tell Jimmy about his time in jail?
(a) He was sick.
(b) He was always fighting.
(c) He read a lot of books.
(d) He learned to feel sorry for what he had done.

14. What does Crab do for Mama Jean?
(a) Fix the sink.
(b) Bring food and drink.
(c) Threaten her.
(d) Give her money.

15. What does Mama Jean give Jimmy before he leaves?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) A book to write about his experiences.
(c) A phone number to call if he needs help.
(d) Stationery to write to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crab admit openly?

2. Where is the novel set?

3. Where is Crab when Jimmy wakes up?

4. What does Jimmy do instead of going to school?

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

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