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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. Who does Jimmy think about while he is alone?
2. What does Jimmy think about instead of his father?
3. What does Jimmy think about doing after he gets back from Crab's errand?
4. Where do Crab and Jimmy go from this place?
5. What do Crab and Jimmy do after taking evasive action?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Crab do when Jimmy gets back with the aspirin he asked him to get?
2. What had Crab's plan for the night been?
3. What response does Rydell make?
4. What are Jimmy's thoughts on returning to the room alone?
5. What do Crab and Jimmy do in the morning?
6. What does Crab ask Jimmy to say when he calls Rydell?
7. How does Jimmy find out that Crab is sick?
8. Where do Crab and Jimmy stop in Chicago?
9. What does Jimmy do when Crab is distracted?
10. What does the conjure man tell Crab?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Use the book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.
Essay Topic 2
Crab's illness makes it impossible for him to play more than an episodic role in Jimmy's life. How else does his illness figure in the book? Is it a symbol or a metaphor? What does it symbolize? What clues does the author give us, that Crab's illness might mean more than just his individual sickness?
Essay Topic 3
Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
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