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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gantos's lawyer explained to him that Gantos's sentence was a youth sentence, meaning Gantos could serve how much time?
(a) Sixty days to six years.
(b) Five years to twenty years.
(c) Two years to ten years.
(d) Six months to sixty years.

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

4. The DA offered Gantos a deal where he could __________ and receive a lighter sentence.
(a) Plead guilty.
(b) Reveal his drug contacts.
(c) Attend rehab.
(d) Community service.

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

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

7. 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) Pull down his pants.
(b) Put his hands in his pockets.
(c) Tie his shoes together.
(d) Wrap his head in a sheet.

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

9. While working for the prison hospital staff, Gantos describes what performer as having visited?
(a) The Village People.
(b) An Elvis impersonator.
(c) Johnny Cash.
(d) Willie Nelson.

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

11. In Section 3, Chapter 3, Gantos attended his hearing and the judge was read Gantos' own admission from what source?
(a) Ship's log.
(b) His cellmate's affidavit.
(c) His sworn statement.
(d) His arrest warrant.

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

13. Where was the bunk that Gantos chose in the holding cell?
(a) At the end.
(b) In the corner.
(c) In Cell block C.
(d) In the middle.

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

15. Gantos got a job selling __________ after his release from prison.
(a) Hash.
(b) Cars.
(c) Christmas trees.
(d) Pizza.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who had held Gantos's money for him during his incarceration?

3. Gantos's attorney informed him that on the day after turning himself in he was to meet with whom?

4. Gantos's father asked him to sign over _____________ in Section 3, Chapter 3?

5. At which hotel did Gantos go to hide after knowing the FBI was after him?

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