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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Gantos passed the hotel's lobby on the last day of the operation, who was being accosted by the FBI?
(a) Mr. Bacon.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) Rik.
(d) The bellhop.

2. 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) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 27.
(d) 32.

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

4. After a day's sail, Hamilton took Gantos to what location where the hash was buried?
(a) Orange Iguana Island.
(b) Little Dog Island.
(c) Black Dove Island.
(d) Big Bear Island.

5. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?
(a) He let the bathtub overflow.
(b) He crashed his car into the house.
(c) He got drunk and threw up all over the house.
(d) He started a fire in the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the maiden name of Jack Gantos's mother?

2. What did Rik ask for Gantos to build for him in Section 2, Chapter 1?

3. To what was the second section of Gantos' journal dedicated?

4. How much money did Gantos give Scanlon to make his deal?

5. After being battered by storms for three days, what did Hamilton order Gantos to follow?

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