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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. Who was photographing the movement of the hash in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) FBI.
(d) Jack Gantos.

2. With what did Gantos and Rik fill the bottom of the crate?
(a) Hash.
(b) Sand.
(c) Opium.
(d) Bananas.

3. How much money did Rik offer Gantos to help Hamilton bring hash from St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $10,000.

4. The woman who ran the hotel where Gantos lived during his senior year in high school claimed to be related to whom?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Davy Crockett.
(d) George Washington.

5. What is a literary figure of speech that uses direct comparison?
(a) Concept.
(b) Assimilation.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by a novel written by what author?

3. With what family did Jack Gantos first live in Florida while he worked on finishing school?

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

5. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?

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