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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a literary figure of speech that uses direct comparison?
(a) Concept.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Assimilation.

2. Where did Gantos go to wait for Scanlon after giving him money?
(a) Bus station.
(b) Park.
(c) Hotel room.
(d) Restaurant.

3. What did Jack's friend Tim Scanlon need when he arrived in town?
(a) Place to stay.
(b) To borrow a book.
(c) To use his car.
(d) Money for drugs.

4. 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) 19.
(b) 27.
(c) 32.
(d) 21.

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

6. After a day's sail, Hamilton took Gantos to what location where the hash was buried?
(a) Little Dog Island.
(b) Big Bear Island.
(c) Black Dove Island.
(d) Orange Iguana Island.

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

8. What did Scanlon claim had happened to him when Gantos called in Section 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He had met a beautiful woman.
(b) He had been mugged.
(c) He had lost the money.
(d) He had been arrested.

9. Where had Jack Gantos's father moved his business in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) St. Croix.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) St. Thomas.
(d) St. John.

10. After grounding the boat, Hamilton and Gantos were allowed ashore where they were able to _________.
(a) Walk and stretch.
(b) Drink and sing.
(c) Relax and drink.
(d) Eat and wash.

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

12. 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.

13. What does Gantos refer to as men in prison who thrived on pain and suffering?
(a) Cobras.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Caskets.
(d) Skulls.

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

15. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Catalist.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to preparations of the cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine?

2. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos found himself in St. Croix, but it had changed drastically and _______were readily available.

3. To what was the third section of Gantos' journal dedicated?

4. How much money did Rik offer Gantos to help Hamilton bring hash from St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?

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

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