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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gantos and Hamilton believe a Japanese fishing vessel to be in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) An island.
(b) A Coast Guard ship.
(c) An oil derrick.
(d) A giant whale.

2. Gantos agreed to to help Hamilton sail with hash from St. Croix to what city?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

3. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.
(a) Church.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Train station.
(d) Prison.

4. According to the author in Section 1, Chapter 3, one afternoon his entire school was send to the auditorium where they heard presentations from ____________.
(a) Doctors.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Atheletes.
(d) Journalists.

5. 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) Dostoyevsky.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) O'Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which hotel did Gantos go to hide after knowing the FBI was after him?

2. Hamilton forced Gantos to hold cans on yardsticks while he _____________.

3. How much money did Gantos give Scanlon to make his deal?

4. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by a novel written by what author?

5. Section 2, Chapter 3 shows Gantos knew little of smuggling, as he took photos of whom?

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