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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. According to the author in Section 1, Chapter 3, one afternoon his entire school was send to the auditorium where they heard presentations from ____________.
(a) Doctors.
(b) Atheletes.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Journalists.

2. Where did Gantos arrive just as a tropical storm hit?
(a) Key West, Florida.
(b) Tallahassee, Florida.
(c) St. John.
(d) St. Croix.

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

4. Why was Jack Gantos unable to attend school in San Juan?
(a) He was an illegal alien.
(b) He followed the wrong religion.
(c) He did not speak Spanish.
(d) He had a rare disease.

5. 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 __________.
(a) Hashish.
(b) Leaves and roots.
(c) Stems and seeds.
(d) Roots and seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gantos awoke one morning in Section 1, Chapter 4, he was covered in blisters which he began to think of as ___________.

2. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?

3. Hamilton taught Gantos that he couldn't just defecate in the ocean, as what would likely happen?

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

5. What did Scanlon claim had happened to him when Gantos called in Section 1, Chapter 4?

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