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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. When a friend invited Gantos to a party to smoke marijuana, what did he end up doing once he'd arrived?
(a) Talking to a dog in the backyard.
(b) Drinking heavily until 4 a.m.
(c) Drinking a few beers and leaving.
(d) Passing out in the bathtub.

4. Hamilton forced Gantos to hold cans on yardsticks while he _____________.
(a) Recited Shakespeare.
(b) Danced.
(c) Shot at them.
(d) Threw rocks at him.

5. Where did Gantos go to interview in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) University of New York.
(b) University of Florida.
(c) University of Tennessee.
(d) University of Georgia.

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

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

8. What refers to a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Tea.
(c) Hashish.
(d) Peyote.

9. 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) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 21.

10. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by a novel written by what author?
(a) Dostoyevsky.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) John Hersey.
(d) Hunter S. Thompson.

11. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?
(a) He got drunk and threw up all over the house.
(b) He crashed his car into the house.
(c) He let the bathtub overflow.
(d) He started a fire in the house.

12. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by what novel?
(a) The Sea is My Brother.
(b) Book of Dreams.
(c) The Subterraneans.
(d) On the Road.

13. What kind of books did Gantos find himself reading regularly in St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Nonfiction.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Young adult novels.
(d) Political novels.

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

15. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.
(a) Prison.
(b) Train station.
(c) Church.
(d) Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being battered by storms for three days, what did Hamilton order Gantos to follow?

2. What is the largest of the Virgin islands?

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

4. According to the author in Section 1, Chapter 3, one afternoon his entire school was send to the auditorium where they heard presentations from ____________.

5. Gantos played a joke on Hamilton by grabbing his leg through the porthole as he swam around the boat, and Hamilton _____________.

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