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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. To what was the second section of Gantos' journal dedicated?
(a) Passages from books that inspire him.
(b) Vocabulary practice.
(c) Inspired ideas for books.
(d) Daily entries.

2. What kind of business did Jack Gantos's father run?
(a) Tutoring.
(b) Boat building.
(c) Construction.
(d) Computer.

3. Gantos wrote stories about those around him as well as his own ordeals in prison by journaling in his copy of a book by whom?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Ovid.
(c) O'Henry.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

4. What is the name of the hotel where Gantos found himself living during his senior year in high school?
(a) Richfield Inn.
(b) The King's Court.
(c) Seaside Manor.
(d) Oak Knoll Motel.

5. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?
(a) Senior.
(b) Middle.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Junior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Jack Gantos's father moved his business in Section 1, Chapter 3?

2. What was the name of Jack Gantos's father?

3. What does Gantos claim to be the cause of his acne in the cover photo?

4. 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 __________.

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

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