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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While others slept, what did Gantos do to avoid what he believed to be certain death or capture in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Slept in the car.
(b) Sneaked into the woods.
(c) Hid in the bathroom.
(d) Sat in a barn.

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

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

4. After locating a translator on board, what did the Japanese on the fishing vessel agree to give Hamilton and Gantos?
(a) A pipe.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Gasoline.

5. What was the maiden name of Jack Gantos's mother?
(a) Elizabeth Holloway.
(b) Elizabeth Smithson.
(c) Elizabeth Weaver.
(d) Elizabeth Jones.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hamilton taught Gantos that he couldn't just defecate in the ocean, as what would likely happen?

3. After a day's sail, Hamilton took Gantos to what location where the hash was buried?

4. After Gantos was finally paid, Rik offered him another job to sail to what country?

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

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