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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of business did Jack Gantos's father run?
(a) Construction.
(b) Computer.
(c) Boat building.
(d) Tutoring.

2. What did the Japanese send back to Hamilton in return for his thank you gift?
(a) Fsh.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) Bottle of whiskey.
(d) Bottle of sake.

3. What did Hamilton send up to the Japanese fishing vessel as a thank you gift?
(a) Some books.
(b) Chunk of hash.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bottle of rum.

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

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

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

7. How much money did Rik offer Gantos to help Hamilton bring hash from St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $10,000.

8. Gantos felt that he was a coward because he could not believe in himself enough to go to ___________ to be a reporter.
(a) Alaska.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Brazil.

9. Rik asked Gantos to call him if he saw __________ in the harbor.
(a) An orange yacht.
(b) A red-sailed boat.
(c) A kayaker in all black.
(d) Three blue rowboats.

10. What did Rik ask for Gantos to build for him in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Dog house.
(b) False-bottomed crate.
(c) Bench.
(d) Shed.

11. Why was Jack Gantos unable to attend school in San Juan?
(a) He had a rare disease.
(b) He followed the wrong religion.
(c) He did not speak Spanish.
(d) He was an illegal alien.

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

13. The woman who ran the hotel where Gantos lived during his senior year in high school claimed to be related to whom?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Davy Crockett.

14. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?
(a) Middle.
(b) Senior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Junior.

15. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Get married.
(b) Move to Oregon.
(c) Travel through Europe.
(d) Attend college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of books did Gantos find himself reading regularly in St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?

2. With what family did Jack Gantos first live in Florida while he worked on finishing school?

3. Where was Jack Gantos born?

4. Hamilton was a sailor from what country?

5. When Gantos awoke one morning in Section 1, Chapter 4, he was covered in blisters which he began to think of as ___________.

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