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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. Tim Scanlon promised to help Gantos by going in with him to buy ____________, which they could sell.
(a) Broken cars.
(b) Opium.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Baseball cards.

2. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?
(a) Portland, Oregon.
(b) San Francisco, California.
(c) Oak Park, Illinois.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

3. As Gantos spent time talking with Tim Scanlon he began to regret his decision to ____________.
(a) Delay college.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Move to St. Croix.
(d) Sell hash.

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

5. In Section 1, Chapter 1, Jack Gantos admits the prisoner photograph on the front cover of the book is him, taken when he was how old?
(a) 32.
(b) 27.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gantos agreed to to help Hamilton sail with hash from St. Croix to what city?

2. What does Gantos claim to be the cause of his acne in the cover photo?

3. Gantos played a joke on Hamilton by grabbing his leg through the porthole as he swam around the boat, and Hamilton _____________.

4. Hamilton is described as being between ___________ years of age.

5. In what city in Florida did Gantos finish high school?

(see the answer key)

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