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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 5 and Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Jack Gantos unable to attend school in San Juan?
(a) He did not speak Spanish.
(b) He followed the wrong religion.
(c) He had a rare disease.
(d) He was an illegal alien.

2. In Section 3, Chapter 1, what did Gantos learn when he called home?
(a) His lawyer was out of town.
(b) The FBI was already harassing his family.
(c) The phone had been disconnected.
(d) His father was broke.

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

4. Where in Florida did Jack Gantos's parents send him so that he could finish school?
(a) S.t. Petersburg.
(b) Fort Lauderdale.
(c) Miami.
(d) Key West.

5. Gantos was taken to the solitary confinement cells where a man lay injured with what item up his anus?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A wooden spoon.
(c) A broken light bulb.
(d) A newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rik pay Gantos with in Section 2, Chapter 1?

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

3. Section 2, Chapter 3 shows Gantos knew little of smuggling, as he took photos of whom?

4. When was Jack Gantos born?

5. On the flight to New York, Gantos saw a newspaper reporting whose capture in Section 3, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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