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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 1 and chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.
(a) Prison.
(b) Church.
(c) Train station.
(d) Hospital.

2. While in school, Gantos had a crush on his teacher for what class?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Geology.

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

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

5. With what was Gantos paid while working in St. Croix with his father?
(a) Hash.
(b) Gold.
(c) Food and liquor.
(d) Room and board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

2. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos's father's construction business was failing as a result of _________.

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

4. Where did Gantos arrive just as a tropical storm hit?

5. What refers to a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant?

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