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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. In what city in Florida did Gantos finish high school?
(a) Key West.
(b) Miami.
(c) Fort Lauderdale.
(d) Tallahassee.

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

3. What is the largest of the Virgin islands?
(a) St. Thomas.
(b) St. John.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. Croix.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hotel where Gantos found himself living during his senior year in high school?

2. What refers to preparations of the cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine?

3. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?

4. To what was the fourth section of Gantos' journal dedicated?

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

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