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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gantos's father believed Rik to be a __________.
(a) Serial killer.
(b) Banker.
(c) Politician.
(d) Drug smuggler.

2. To what was the fourth section of Gantos' journal dedicated?
(a) Daily entries.
(b) Inspired ideas for books.
(c) Passages from books that inspire him.
(d) Vocabulary practice.

3. What did Rik pay Gantos with in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Hash.
(b) Gold.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) American currency.

4. When was Ernest Hemingway born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1930.

5. When Gantos viewed his own medical file in Section 3, Chapter 6, he saw that his psychiatrist had called him what?
(a) Bipolar.
(b) A situational sociopath.
(c) Beyond diagnosis.
(d) Criminally insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Gantos was taken to the solitary confinement cells where a man lay injured with what item up his anus?

4. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?

5. After how many months into his sentence was Gantos taken to see the parole board?

(see the answer key)

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