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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) Computer.
(b) Boat building.
(c) Construction.
(d) Tutoring.
2. What did Jack's friend Tim Scanlon need when he arrived in town?
(a) Money for drugs.
(b) To borrow a book.
(c) To use his car.
(d) Place to stay.
3. Hamilton forced Gantos to hold cans on yardsticks while he _____________.
(a) Threw rocks at him.
(b) Danced.
(c) Recited Shakespeare.
(d) Shot at them.
4. When a friend invited Gantos to smoke marijuana at a party in Section 1, Chapter 3, he arrived to find only a group of guys sitting on the floor, trying to get high from __________.
(a) Roots and seeds.
(b) Stems and seeds.
(c) Hashish.
(d) Leaves and roots.
5. Where had Jack Gantos's father moved his business in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) St. Thomas.
(c) St. John.
(d) St. Croix.
6. What refers to preparations of the cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine?
(a) Hemp.
(b) Ecstacy.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) LSD.
7. In Section 2, Chapter 2, Gantos, in his stoned state, realized Hamilton was partially insane as he began to refuse to _________.
(a) Wear clothes.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Brush his teeth.
8. Gantos agreed to to help Hamilton sail with how much hash from St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 2,000 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 3,500 pounds.
9. Who was photographing the movement of the hash in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) FBI.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) Coast Guard.
(d) Jack Gantos.
10. What is the name of the hotel where Gantos found himself living during his senior year in high school?
(a) Richfield Inn.
(b) Seaside Manor.
(c) The King's Court.
(d) Oak Knoll Motel.
11. To what was the fourth section of Gantos' journal dedicated?
(a) Passages from books that inspire him.
(b) Vocabulary practice.
(c) Inspired ideas for books.
(d) Daily entries.
12. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?
(a) Senior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Junior.
(d) Middle.
13. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos found himself in St. Croix, but it had changed drastically and _______were readily available.
(a) Doctors.
(b) Visas.
(c) Homes.
(d) Drugs.
14. When a friend invited Gantos to a party to smoke marijuana, what did he end up doing once he'd arrived?
(a) Drinking a few beers and leaving.
(b) Drinking heavily until 4 a.m.
(c) Talking to a dog in the backyard.
(d) Passing out in the bathtub.
15. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by a novel written by what author?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) John Hersey.
(d) Hunter S. Thompson.
Short Answer Questions
1. Hamilton is described as being between ___________ years of age.
2. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?
3. What did Gantos and Hamilton believe a Japanese fishing vessel to be in Section 2, Chapter 3?
4. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?
5. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by what novel?
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