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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 3, Chapter 7, Gantos was given a release date of December 18th, nearly how many months after his incarceration?
(a) 24.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 36.

2. In Section 3, Chapter 7, Gantos points out that every prisoner has what kind of story, as well as a getting caught story?
(a) Family.
(b) Killing a guard.
(c) Facing a pedophile.
(d) Getting out.

3. In Section 3, Chapter 1, the DA revealed that Gantos was the _________ person to come forward.
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Final.

4. From what institution did Jack Gantos earn his BFA and his MA?
(a) Hope College.
(b) Smithwick College.
(c) Emerson College.
(d) Madison Community College.

5. What is the full name of Jack Gantos?
(a) Timothy Frank Gantos, Jr.
(b) William Harold Gantos, Jr.
(c) John Byran Gantos, Jr.
(d) Marcus Anthony Gantos, Jr.

6. When Gantos received his minimum security custody rating, who offered to take him on furlough in Section 3, Chapter 7?
(a) Mr. Bow.
(b) Mr. Newman.
(c) Mr. Wilcox.
(d) Mr. Casey.

7. Where had Gantos buried the hash he still had before he had been incarcerated?
(a) Miami.
(b) Buck Island.
(c) The Appalachian Mountains.
(d) Central Park.

8. Gantos admitted he never paid taxes on ______________.
(a) The car he bought.
(b) The house he sold.
(c) His $10,000 payment.
(d) His construction wages.

9. According to the DA, who had taken aerial photos of the boat?
(a) FBI.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Private pilot.
(d) United Airlines.

10. Whom did Gantos's father bring with him when he visited Gantos in prison in Section 3, Chapter 6?
(a) Gantos's sister.
(b) Gantos's mother.
(c) Gantos's brother.
(d) Gantos's grandfather.

11. Gantos realized in Section 3, Chapter 6, that it was only when he was unable to __________that he was finally able to see his own worth and nurture his own writing.
(a) Blame others.
(b) Daydream.
(c) Blame himself.
(d) Run away.

12. When did the Attica Prison riot take place?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1976.

13. On the flight to New York, Gantos saw a newspaper reporting whose capture in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Tim Scanlon's.
(b) Jack Kerouac's.
(c) Rik's.
(d) Hamilton's.

14. As Gantos passed the hotel's lobby on the last day of the operation, who was being accosted by the FBI?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Rik.
(c) The bellhop.
(d) Mr. Bacon.

15. Who mailed Gantos's college applications from his home so that he could avoid a Department of Corrections stamp in Section 3, Chapter 7?
(a) Mr. Bow.
(b) Mr. Casey.
(c) Mr. Wilcox.
(d) Mr. Newman.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many months into his sentence was Gantos taken to see the parole board?

2. Who was Gantos' new caseworker in in Section 3, Chapter 7?

3. To what city did Gantos travel after he was released from prison?

4. Gantos's attorney informed him that on the day after turning himself in he was to meet with whom?

5. Where was the bunk that Gantos chose in the holding cell?

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