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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gantos claim to be the cause of his acne in the cover photo?
(a) Chemicals used to clean the prison.
(b) Stress and a greasy prison diet.
(c) Lack of sunlight.
(d) Sheets he slept on.

2. Tim Scanlon promised to help Gantos by going in with him to buy ____________, which they could sell.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Baseball cards.
(c) Broken cars.
(d) Opium.

3. Hamilton was a sailor from what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Britain.
(d) Canada.

4. To what was the fourth section of Gantos' journal dedicated?
(a) Vocabulary practice.
(b) Daily entries.
(c) Passages from books that inspire him.
(d) Inspired ideas for books.

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

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

7. Gantos's father believed Rik to be a __________.
(a) Banker.
(b) Politician.
(c) Serial killer.
(d) Drug smuggler.

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

9. Where is San Juan located?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Puerto Rico.

10. 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) Leaves and roots.
(b) Hashish.
(c) Roots and seeds.
(d) Stems and seeds.

11. What did the family that Jack Gantos rented a room from in Florida while working on finishing school sell from their home?`
(a) Prosthetic limbs.
(b) Patio furniture.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Drugs.

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

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

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

15. What was the first stop for Hamilton and Gantos after they set sail?
(a) Gander Island.
(b) Goose Island.
(c) Buck Island.
(d) Doe Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author did Gantos think of in Section 1, Chapter 4, who wrote of Hiroshima after the bomb?

2. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by what novel?

3. What did Rik pay Gantos with in Section 2, Chapter 1?

4. Hamilton forced Gantos to hold cans on yardsticks while he _____________.

5. What did Gantos and Hamilton believe a Japanese fishing vessel to be in Section 2, Chapter 3?

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