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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item was Gantos unable to take with him when he left prison?
(a) His journal.
(b) His drawings.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His cellmate.

2. In Section 3, Chapter 4, a hospital worker brought Gantos books that had been left in what location?
(a) Waiting room.
(b) Cafeteria.
(c) Warden's office.
(d) Guard's break room.

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

4. For what latest novel did Jack Gantos win the 2012 Newbery Medal?
(a) Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade.
(b) Desire Lines.
(c) Dead End in Norvelt.
(d) The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs.

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

6. 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.

7. Where did Hamilton and Gantos find a docking point in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Long Island, New York.
(b) Queens, New York.
(c) Manhattan, New York.
(d) The Bronx, New York.

8. In Section 3, Chapter 7, Gantos points out that every prisoner has what kind of story, as well as a getting caught story?
(a) Getting out.
(b) Family.
(c) Facing a pedophile.
(d) Killing a guard.

9. Where is Attica Prison located?
(a) Attica, Minnesota.
(b) Attica, Illinois.
(c) Attica, Michigan.
(d) Attica, New York.

10. What did Gantos have which caused him to be sequestered upon arriving at the federal prison in Section 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Acne.
(b) Herpes.
(c) Lice.
(d) Fever.

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

12. 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) The hash in Central Park.
(b) The sailboat.
(c) His car.
(d) His prison journal.

13. In Section 3, Chapter 1, the DA revealed that Gantos was the _________ person to come forward.
(a) Second.
(b) First.
(c) Final.
(d) Sixth.

14. When Gantos viewed his own medical file in Section 3, Chapter 6, he saw that his psychiatrist had called him what?
(a) Criminally insane.
(b) Beyond diagnosis.
(c) Bipolar.
(d) A situational sociopath.

15. What is the full name of Jack Gantos?
(a) William Harold Gantos, Jr.
(b) Timothy Frank Gantos, Jr.
(c) Marcus Anthony Gantos, Jr.
(d) John Byran Gantos, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lawyer Gantos's father had contacted to work for Gantos in Section 3, Chapter 1?

2. During his initial interview with his lawyer, Gantos learned he was being prosecuted federally for how many charges?

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

4. During his initial interview with his lawyer, Gantos learned he was being prosecuted federally for several charges and each carried a sentence of _____________.

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

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