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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is San Juan located?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Cuba.

2. Where was Jack Gantos born?
(a) Buffalo, New York.
(b) Marquette, Michigan.
(c) Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

3. What refers to a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Ganja.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Tea.

4. In Section 1, Chapter 1, Jack Gantos admits the prisoner photograph on the front cover of the book is him, taken when he was how old?
(a) 21.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 27.

5. Jack Gantos's father helped secure him a job as __________ in San Juan.
(a) A janitor.
(b) A plumber.
(c) An electrician.
(d) A landscaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Jack Gantos dreamed of being since he was young?

2. Why was Jack Gantos unable to attend school in San Juan?

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

4. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.

5. What is the largest of the Virgin islands?

(see the answer key)

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