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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 2, Chapter 4, Gantos laments that everyone in prison has a story of __________.
(a) Where they will go when they get out.
(b) How they can escape.
(c) What they wish they were doing.
(d) How they were caught.

2. In Section 3, Chapter 2, what did Gantos read in his spare time?
(a) Celebrity magazines.
(b) Prison literature.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Sports magazines.

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

4. Gantos took the first train to ___________ after the FBI raided the hotel?
(a) Florida.
(b) Illinois.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

5. What is the name of the lawyer Gantos's father had contacted to work for Gantos in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Joe P. Alberts.
(b) Ralph C. Daniels.
(c) Al E. Newman.
(d) Ben D. Thompson.

6. Who looked on as Gantos was taken by the bailiff in Section 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Gantos's father.
(b) Gantos's brother.
(c) Gantos's uncle.
(d) Gantos's mother.

7. Gantos's attorney informed him that on the day after turning himself in he was to meet with whom?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The district attorney.
(d) His father.

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

9. 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.

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

11. Gantos admits that after he was given his delay by the parole board, what entered his mind in Section 3, Chapter 7?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Homicide.
(c) Escape.
(d) Depression.

12. Gantos was taken to the solitary confinement cells where a man lay injured with what item up his anus?
(a) A broken light bulb.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A wooden spoon.
(d) A newspaper.

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

14. What did Gantos tell the prisoner who had swallowed balloons to do in order to avoid being caught?
(a) Eat the beans in the cafeteria.
(b) Give him half.
(c) Give himself an enema.
(d) Force himself to vomit.

15. Where did Gantos hide out from the FBI after they accosted one of the group in the hotel in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Car dealership.
(b) Library.
(c) Local market.
(d) Movie theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gantos's new caseworker agreed to help Gantos get into college as a way to prove to the parole board that he was ___________.

2. In Section 3, Chapter 7, Gantos was given a release date of December 18th, nearly how many months after his incarceration?

3. Who helped Gantos fill out the requests for applications for several smaller colleges in Section 3, Chapter 7?

4. During the first night of Gantos's imprisonment, the group of prisoners was driven to what facility to receive uniforms and towels?

5. 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?

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