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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Crab make arrangements for?

2. What does Jimmy think about instead of his father?

3. What does Jimmy find when he returns?

4. What does Jimmy find when he returns the call that came when he was gone?

5. How does the narrator characterize the area where Jimmy wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Crab and Jimmy on their way out of Chicago?

2. Describe Crab's interaction with Frank.

3. What does Jimmy think about when he thinks of Mama Jean?

4. What does Crab tell Jimmy about his own father?

5. Where do Crab and Jimmy stop in Chicago?

6. Why does Crab tell Jimmy to go to the room and stay there alone all night?

7. Where do Crab and Jimmy stay in Chicago?

8. What does Crab tell Jimmy about the diner where they stop?

9. Where is Jimmy when he wakes up after some driving?

10. What makes Crab nervous about leaving the diner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between North and South in "Somewhere in the Darkness"? How does that difference reflect the difference between Crab and Jimmy?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "Somewhere in the Darkness". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of 'Somewhere in the Darkness'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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