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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hamilton and Gantos stay in New York in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) The Pines Hotel.
(b) The Tiffany Hotel.
(c) The Aurora Hotel.
(d) The Chelsea Hotel.

2. What is the largest of the Virgin islands?
(a) St. Thomas.
(b) St. Croix.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. John.

3. What did Gantos begin doing with books to occupy his time?
(a) Acting out scenes.
(b) Drawing on the pages.
(c) Crossing out words.
(d) Ripping out the pages.

4. On the flight to New York, Gantos saw a newspaper reporting whose capture in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Jack Kerouac's.
(b) Tim Scanlon's.
(c) Hamilton's.
(d) Rik's.

5. In New York, Gantos stayed in their old room at the hotel and discovered nearly everything was still in the room, except _______________.
(a) A table.
(b) A chair.
(c) His watch.
(d) The ship's log.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the maiden name of Jack Gantos's mother?

2. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?

3. 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?

4. Gantos's attorney informed him that on the day after turning himself in he was to meet with whom?

5. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.

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