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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author did Gantos think of in Section 1, Chapter 4, who wrote of Hiroshima after the bomb?
(a) Davy Crockett.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) John Hersey.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

2. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?
(a) Senior.
(b) Middle.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Junior.

3. Why was Jack Gantos unable to attend school in San Juan?
(a) He did not speak Spanish.
(b) He followed the wrong religion.
(c) He had a rare disease.
(d) He was an illegal alien.

4. What is the name of the hotel where Gantos found himself living during his senior year in high school?
(a) Seaside Manor.
(b) Richfield Inn.
(c) Oak Knoll Motel.
(d) The King's Court.

5. Gantos felt that he was a coward because he could not believe in himself enough to go to ___________ to be a reporter.
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer 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?

2. The woman who ran the hotel where Gantos lived during his senior year in high school claimed to be related to whom?

3. What did Jack's friend Tim Scanlon need when he arrived in town?

4. To what was the second section of Gantos' journal dedicated?

5. Where had Jack Gantos's father moved his business in Section 1, Chapter 3?

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