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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. Tim Scanlon promised to help Gantos by going in with him to buy ____________, which they could sell.
(a) Baseball cards.
(b) Broken cars.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Opium.

2. Gantos played a joke on Hamilton by grabbing his leg through the porthole as he swam around the boat, and Hamilton _____________.
(a) Shot at him.
(b) Stabbed the boat with a knife.
(c) Inhaled some water.
(d) Screamed.

3. Gantos's lawyer explained to him that Gantos's sentence was a youth sentence, meaning Gantos could serve how much time?
(a) Two years to ten years.
(b) Sixty days to six years.
(c) Five years to twenty years.
(d) Six months to sixty years.

4. According to Hamilton, how did Gantos look after the boat ran aground?
(a) Tired.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Guilty.

5. Who was photographing the movement of the hash in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Jack Gantos.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) FBI.
(d) Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a literary figure of speech that uses direct comparison?

2. Where did Tim Scanlon claim he was picking up merchandise in Section 1, Chapter 4?

3. What sentence did Gantos receive in Section 3, Chapter 3?

4. What did the Japanese send back to Hamilton in return for his thank you gift?

5. After being battered by storms for three days, what did Hamilton order Gantos to follow?

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