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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city in Florida did Gantos finish high school?
(a) Miami.
(b) Fort Lauderdale.
(c) Key West.
(d) Tallahassee.

2. 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?
(a) 27.
(b) 21.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

3. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos found himself in St. Croix, but it had changed drastically and _______were readily available.
(a) Homes.
(b) Visas.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Doctors.

4. What is the name of the hotel where Gantos found himself living during his senior year in high school?
(a) Seaside Manor.
(b) Oak Knoll Motel.
(c) The King's Court.
(d) Richfield Inn.

5. According to Hamilton, how did Gantos look after the boat ran aground?
(a) Tired.
(b) Sad.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Angry.

6. With what was Gantos paid while working in St. Croix with his father?
(a) Hash.
(b) Food and liquor.
(c) Room and board.
(d) Gold.

7. Hamilton clearly understood more of life than Gantos, as he feared __________ as well as police.
(a) The weather.
(b) Pirates.
(c) The sea.
(d) Sharks.

8. Gantos wrote stories about those around him as well as his own ordeals in prison by journaling in his copy of a book by whom?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) O'Henry.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

9. Instead of construction, Gantos and his father built _____________.
(a) Caskets.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Fireplaces.
(d) Crates.

10. What was the name of Jack Gantos's father?
(a) Alan Gantos.
(b) Robert Gantos.
(c) John Gantos.
(d) Mitch Gantos.

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

12. In Section 2, Chapter 3, a Coast Guard craft approached Hamilton and Gantos's boat and informed them that they were near ___________.
(a) The White House.
(b) A Coast Guard training base.
(c) New York City.
(d) Enemy submarines.

13. What refers to preparations of the cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine?
(a) Hemp.
(b) LSD.
(c) Ecstacy.
(d) Marijuana.

14. As Gantos spent time talking with Tim Scanlon he began to regret his decision to ____________.
(a) Sell hash.
(b) Move to St. Croix.
(c) Delay college.
(d) Move to New York.

15. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Oak Park, Illinois.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Florida did Jack Gantos's parents send him so that he could finish school?

2. With what did Gantos and Rik fill the bottom of the crate?

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 ____________.

4. What had Jack Gantos dreamed of being since he was young?

5. What does Gantos refer to as men in prison who thrived on pain and suffering?

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