Somewhere in the Darkness Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Somewhere in the Darkness Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Jimmy suspect Crab was really doing when Jimmy woke up on the road?
(a) Preparing to ditch him on the road.
(b) Planning another heist.
(c) Meeting up with an old girlfriend.
(d) Robbing a filling station.

4. Who is Cookie?
(a) Jimmy's aunt.
(b) Jimmy's neighbor.
(c) Jimmy's teacher.
(d) Jimmy's father.

5. What has Jimmy's intention been for the past few days?
(a) To see his father.
(b) To go to school.
(c) To escape from the house.
(d) To get food.

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

7. What do Jimmy and Crab eat when they stop?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A snack.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Breakfast.

8. 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 constantly in danger and is overwhelmed by it.
(c) He is no longer free.
(d) He is thrust into a role he has never played.

9. How trustworthy is Crab in Jimmy's eyes?
(a) Jimmy believes that if Crab is his father, then nothing he did could be wrong.
(b) Jimmy does not trust Crab at all.
(c) Jimmy is preparing tests to determine how trustworthy Crab is, but he has not come to a conclusion yet.
(d) This has yet to be determined.

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

11. Who fingered Crab for the crime?
(a) The man who killed the man.
(b) The station manager at the filling station where the thieves filled up after the crime.
(c) The girlfriend of one of the thieves.
(d) The policeman who arrested the thieves.

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

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

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

15. What makes Crab uneasy when they stop?
(a) He sees someone he had a fight with.
(b) Smoke from the engine.
(c) A policeman.
(d) The tires are nearly flat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jimmy's intention as the novel begins?

3. Who is the man who talks to Jimmy?

4. What does the man ask Jimmy?

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

(see the answer keys)

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