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

2. In Section 3, Chapter 2, what did Gantos read in his spare time?
(a) Sports magazines.
(b) Celebrity magazines.
(c) Prison literature.
(d) Newspapers.

3. 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) Prisoners.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Atheletes.
(d) Journalists.

4. Hamilton and Gantos were unable to reach Rik in what city?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

5. What author did Gantos think of in Section 1, Chapter 4, who wrote of Hiroshima after the bomb?
(a) Davy Crockett.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) John Hersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?

2. Who was photographing the movement of the hash in Section 2, Chapter 3?

3. Who was repeatedly raped on the first night of Gantos's imprisonment in Section 3, Chapter 3?

4. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was struck by _________ that the visit from the prisoners in high school had really told him his future.

5. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos found himself in St. Croix, but it had changed drastically and _______were readily available.

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