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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the physician's assistant who helped Gantos find a position with the medical staff?
(a) Mr. Newman.
(b) Mr. Bow.
(c) Mr. Wilcox.
(d) Mr. Casey.

2. During his initial interview with his lawyer, Gantos learned he was being prosecuted federally for several charges and each carried a sentence of _____________.
(a) 5 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. In Section 3, Chapter 8, the author writes that years later, he retrieved the ship's log, but he laments he has never retrieved what?
(a) His car.
(b) The sailboat.
(c) The hash in Central Park.
(d) His prison journal.

4. Gantos realized that in high school he couldn't write because of what reason?
(a) He ran away from his true feelings.
(b) He focused on sports.
(c) He was focused on girls.
(d) He daydreamed constantly.

5. Who was Gantos' new caseworker in in Section 3, Chapter 7?
(a) Mr. Casey.
(b) Mr. Newman.
(c) Mr. Wilcox.
(d) Mr. Bow.

6. Gantos's new lawyer told Gantos to immediately ________________.
(a) Wire him money.
(b) Turn himself in.
(c) Get out of the country.
(d) Have a good time.

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

8. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was sent to a federal prison in what city?
(a) Ashland, Kentucky.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(d) Provo, Utah.

9. For what latest novel did Jack Gantos win the 2012 Newbery Medal?
(a) Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade.
(b) Desire Lines.
(c) Dead End in Norvelt.
(d) The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs.

10. Without books, what did Gantos find himself reading during his first week at the federal prison?
(a) Tattoos.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Graffiti.

11. What position did Gantos secure with the medical staff?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Lab assistant.
(d) X-ray technician.

12. What item was Gantos unable to take with him when he left prison?
(a) His drawings.
(b) His shirt.
(c) His journal.
(d) His cellmate.

13. What color was Gantos' private prison cell?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

14. 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. Wilcox.
(c) Mr. Casey.
(d) Mr. Newman.

15. To what city did Gantos travel after he was released from prison?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. At his first meeting with the parole board, Gantos was denied parole for how much longer in Section 3, Chapter 5?

2. In one of his stories from the prison hospital, Gantos helped a prisoner who swallowed balloons filled with _______.

3. When was Jack Gantos born?

4. When Gantos viewed his own medical file in Section 3, Chapter 6, he saw that his psychiatrist had called him what?

5. Where had Gantos buried the hash he still had before he had been incarcerated?

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