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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being battered by storms for three days, what did Hamilton order Gantos to follow?
(a) Oil tanker.
(b) Coast Guard turboprop.
(c) Group of dolphins.
(d) Albatross.

2. In New York, Gantos stayed in their old room at the hotel and discovered nearly everything was still in the room, except _______________.
(a) His watch.
(b) A chair.
(c) The ship's log.
(d) A table.

3. What refers to a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant?
(a) Tea.
(b) Hashish.
(c) Ganja.
(d) Peyote.

4. Hamilton forced Gantos to hold cans on yardsticks while he _____________.
(a) Recited Shakespeare.
(b) Threw rocks at him.
(c) Shot at them.
(d) Danced.

5. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos's father's construction business was failing as a result of _________.
(a) Bad publicity.
(b) Racial tensions.
(c) A ruined economy.
(d) A tropical storm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what was Gantos paid while working in St. Croix with his father?

3. What is the largest of the Virgin islands?

4. Gantos agreed to to help Hamilton sail with how much hash from St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?

5. What did Hamilton send up to the Japanese fishing vessel as a thank you gift?

(see the answer key)

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