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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had held Gantos's money for him during his incarceration?
(a) Lucas.
(b) Tim Scanlon.
(c) Rik.
(d) Mr. Newman.

2. What were prisoners not allowed to keep, as described in Section 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Journals.
(b) Food.
(c) Hairbrushes.
(d) Standing.

3. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was only accosted once by a group of men who promised him protection. What was he to do in return?
(a) Tie his shoes together.
(b) Put his hands in his pockets.
(c) Pull down his pants.
(d) Wrap his head in a sheet.

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

5. 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 grandfather.
(c) Gantos's brother.
(d) Gantos's mother.

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

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

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

9. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was struck by _________ that the visit from the prisoners in high school had really told him his future.
(a) Humor.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Reality.
(d) Irony.

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

11. In one of his stories from the prison hospital, Gantos helped a prisoner who swallowed balloons filled with _______.
(a) LSD.
(b) Opium.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Hash.

12. Gantos's new caseworker agreed to help Gantos get into college as a way to prove to the parole board that he was ___________.
(a) Consolable.
(b) Entrenched.
(c) Literate.
(d) Reformed.

13. 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. Newman.
(b) Mr. Wilcox.
(c) Mr. Casey.
(d) Mr. Bow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state was Gantos's father when he visited Gantos in prison in Section 3, Chapter 6?

2. What did Gantos tell the prisoner who had swallowed balloons to do in order to avoid being caught?

3. After Gantos was finally paid, Rik offered him another job to sail to what country?

4. Back at the dock, Hamilton and Gantos discovered that their boat broke away from the dock and was boarded and secured by whom in Section 2, Chapter 4?

5. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was sent to a federal prison in what city?

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