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

2. As Gantos never had visitors, he made arrangements to clear what on visitation days?
(a) The warden's office.
(b) The exercise yard.
(c) The hospital offices.
(d) The bathrooms.

3. While others slept, what did Gantos do to avoid what he believed to be certain death or capture in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Sneaked into the woods.
(b) Sat in a barn.
(c) Slept in the car.
(d) Hid in the bathroom.

4. What was stashed right by the hash in Hamilton and Gantos's boat in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Weather radio.
(b) Life jackets.
(c) Fishing poles.
(d) Extra anchor.

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

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

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

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

9. What was the maiden name of Jack Gantos's mother?
(a) Elizabeth Jones.
(b) Elizabeth Weaver.
(c) Elizabeth Smithson.
(d) Elizabeth Holloway.

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

11. In Section 3, Chapter 5, Gantos admits that he wanted to ___________, but the fear of lengthening his prison sentence was greater.
(a) Use drugs.
(b) Cry.
(c) Assault a guard.
(d) Kill his cellmate.

12. Gantos's father asked him to sign over _____________ in Section 3, Chapter 3?
(a) His bank accounts.
(b) His stocks.
(c) His mortgage.
(d) Insurance papers for his car.

13. In what city did Gantos go to hide out after discovering the FBI was after him in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Key West.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Queens, New York.
(d) Fort Lauderdale.

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

15. 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) His prison journal.
(d) The hash in Central Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item was Gantos unable to take with him when he left prison?

2. Where was the lawyer Gantos's father had contacted to work for Gantos?

3. Once tied up, Hamilton and Gantos called Rik who had already lined up a sale for how much of the hash?

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

5. In Section 3, Chapter 1, what did Gantos learn when he called home?

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