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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. What position did Gantos secure with the medical staff?
(a) Nurse.
(b) X-ray technician.
(c) Lab assistant.
(d) Surgeon.

2. What was stashed right by the hash in Hamilton and Gantos's boat in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Life jackets.
(b) Fishing poles.
(c) Extra anchor.
(d) Weather radio.

3. In one of his stories from the prison hospital, Gantos helped a prisoner who swallowed balloons filled with _______.
(a) Opium.
(b) Hash.
(c) LSD.
(d) Heroin.

4. On the flight to New York, Gantos saw a newspaper reporting whose capture in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Rik's.
(b) Hamilton's.
(c) Jack Kerouac's.
(d) Tim Scanlon's.

5. During his initial interview with his lawyer, Gantos learned he was being prosecuted federally for how many charges?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the full name of Jack Gantos?

2. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was sent to a federal prison in what city?

3. From what institution did Jack Gantos earn his BFA and his MA?

4. Without books, what did Gantos find himself reading during his first week at the federal prison?

5. Gantos's father asked him to sign over _____________ in Section 3, Chapter 3?

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