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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. According to Section 1: Chapter 3, Gantos dedicated the first section of his four section journal to _________.
(a) Vocabulary practice.
(b) Passages from books that inspire him.
(c) Inspired ideas for books.
(d) Daily entries.

2. What does Gantos refer to as men in prison who thrived on pain and suffering?
(a) Caskets.
(b) Skulls.
(c) Cobras.
(d) Sharks.

3. Where did Gantos drive with Scanlon to make a deal in Section 1, Chapter 4?
(a) Oak Park, Illinois.
(b) Key West, Florida.
(c) Tallahassee, Florida.
(d) Attica, New York.

4. When Gantos awoke one morning in Section 1, Chapter 4, he was covered in blisters which he began to think of as ___________.
(a) A stigmata.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Allergies.
(d) Acne.

5. 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) Journalists.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Atheletes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?

2. What did Scanlon claim had happened to him when Gantos called in Section 1, Chapter 4?

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

4. What author did Gantos think of in Section 1, Chapter 4, who wrote of Hiroshima after the bomb?

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

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