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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 5 and Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hamilton clearly understood more of life than Gantos, as he feared __________ as well as police.
(a) Sharks.
(b) The weather.
(c) The sea.
(d) Pirates.

2. What were prisoners not allowed to keep, as described in Section 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Food.
(b) Journals.
(c) Standing.
(d) Hairbrushes.

3. What did Hamilton send up to the Japanese fishing vessel as a thank you gift?
(a) Some books.
(b) Fish.
(c) Chunk of hash.
(d) Bottle of rum.

4. Rik asked Gantos to call him if he saw __________ in the harbor.
(a) An orange yacht.
(b) Three blue rowboats.
(c) A kayaker in all black.
(d) A red-sailed boat.

5. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Move to Oregon.
(b) Attend college.
(c) Travel through Europe.
(d) Get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Jack Gantos unable to attend school in San Juan?

2. In New York, Gantos stayed in their old room at the hotel and discovered nearly everything was still in the room, except _______________.

3. Where was the lawyer Gantos's father had contacted to work for Gantos?

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

5. Gantos's new lawyer told Gantos to immediately ________________.

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