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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Whose wife informed Gantos that her husband was in the federal holding facility because she refused to bail him out?
(a) Hamilton's.
(b) Al's.
(c) Lucas's.
(d) Rik's.

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

5. After Gantos was finally paid, Rik offered him another job to sail to what country?
(a) England.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Canada.
(d) Spain.

6. When was Jack Gantos born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1944.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. In Section 3, Chapter 6, Gantos counted off the days of his sentence, with which days being the worst?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Fridays.

15. Gantos's lawyer continued to tell Gantos he would only receive ____________.
(a) A fine.
(b) Probation.
(c) A verbal scolding from the judge.
(d) Community service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence did Gantos receive in Section 3, Chapter 3?

2. What caseworker of Gantos was removed in Section 3, Chapter 7?

3. What was the maiden name of Jack Gantos's mother?

4. After being stolen, where were the chest x-rays of the female hospital worker found in Section 3, Chapter 5?

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

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