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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. In Section 2, Chapter 2, Gantos, in his stoned state, realized Hamilton was partially insane as he began to refuse to _________.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Wear clothes.
(d) Brush his teeth.

2. Where is San Juan located?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Mexico.

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

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

5. Hamilton taught Gantos that he couldn't just defecate in the ocean, as what would likely happen?
(a) Salt would enter his body.
(b) He would attract seagulls.
(c) Sharks would attack.
(d) He would fall overboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what was the third section of Gantos' journal dedicated?

2. 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 __________.

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

4. What did Rik pay Gantos with in Section 2, Chapter 1?

5. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?

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