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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. What does Gantos refer to as men in prison who thrived on pain and suffering?
(a) Cobras.
(b) Caskets.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Skulls.

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

3. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?
(a) He started a fire in the house.
(b) He crashed his car into the house.
(c) He got drunk and threw up all over the house.
(d) He let the bathtub overflow.

4. When a friend invited Gantos to a party to smoke marijuana, what did he end up doing once he'd arrived?
(a) Drinking heavily until 4 a.m.
(b) Drinking a few beers and leaving.
(c) Talking to a dog in the backyard.
(d) Passing out in the bathtub.

5. 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) O'Henry.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Ovid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Ernest Hemingway born?

3. Where did Tim Scanlon claim he was picking up merchandise in Section 1, Chapter 4?

4. What is the largest of the Virgin islands?

5. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by what novel?

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