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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gantos wrote stories about those around him as well as his own ordeals in prison by journaling in his copy of a book by whom?
(a) O'Henry.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

2. What kind of business did Jack Gantos's father run?
(a) Boat building.
(b) Computer.
(c) Construction.
(d) Tutoring.

3. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?
(a) He got drunk and threw up all over the house.
(b) He started a fire in the house.
(c) He crashed his car into the house.
(d) He let the bathtub overflow.

4. Where had Jack Gantos's father moved his business in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) St. Thomas.
(b) St. Croix.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. John.

5. To what was the fourth section of Gantos' journal dedicated?
(a) Daily entries.
(b) Vocabulary practice.
(c) Inspired ideas for books.
(d) Passages from books that inspire him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, Chapter 1, Jack Gantos admits the prisoner photograph on the front cover of the book is him, taken when he was how old?

2. With what family did Jack Gantos first live in Florida while he worked on finishing school?

3. What did the family that Jack Gantos rented a room from in Florida while working on finishing school sell from their home?`

4. Where in Florida did Jack Gantos's parents send him so that he could finish school?

5. Where was Jack Gantos born?

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