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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gantos go to interview in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) University of Georgia.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) University of New York.
(d) University of Florida.

2. Gantos agreed to to help Hamilton sail with hash from St. Croix to what city?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Miami.

3. How much money did Gantos give Scanlon to make his deal?
(a) $500.
(b) $50.
(c) $200.
(d) $2,500.

4. When was Ernest Hemingway born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1922.

5. In Section 2, Chapter 3, a Coast Guard craft approached Hamilton and Gantos's boat and informed them that they were near ___________.
(a) Enemy submarines.
(b) New York City.
(c) The White House.
(d) A Coast Guard training base.

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. Hamilton clearly understood more of life than Gantos, as he feared __________ as well as police.

3. What was the first stop for Hamilton and Gantos after they set sail?

4. According to Hamilton, how did Gantos look after the boat ran aground?

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

(see the answer key)

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