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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tim Scanlon believed all human behavior was controlled by _________.
(a) Guilt.
(b) Chemical reactions.
(c) Electrical impulses.
(d) The conscience.

2. As Gantos spent time talking with Tim Scanlon he began to regret his decision to ____________.
(a) Delay college.
(b) Sell hash.
(c) Move to New York.
(d) Move to St. Croix.

3. Where had Jack Gantos's father moved his business in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) St. Thomas.
(b) St. Croix.
(c) St. John.
(d) St. Peter.

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

5. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by a novel written by what author?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) John Hersey.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) Hunter S. Thompson.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What author did Gantos think of in Section 1, Chapter 4, who wrote of Hiroshima after the bomb?

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

4. Where was Jack Gantos born?

5. 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 __________.

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