1. What does Gantos claim to be the cause of his acne in the cover photo?
(a) Lack of sunlight.
(b) Stress and a greasy prison diet.
(c) Chemicals used to clean the prison.
(d) Sheets he slept on.

2. With what family did Jack Gantos first live in Florida while he worked on finishing school?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Farmer.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Bacon.

3. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Catalist.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a friend invited Gantos to smoke marijuana at a party in Section 1, Chapter 3, he arrived to find only a group of guys sitting on the floor, trying to get high from __________.

2. What kind of business did Jack Gantos's father run?

3. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?

4. Where was Jack Gantos born?

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

(see the answer key)

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