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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After locating a translator on board, what did the Japanese on the fishing vessel agree to give Hamilton and Gantos?
(a) Water.
(b) A pipe.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Food.

2. Instead of construction, Gantos and his father built _____________.
(a) Fireplaces.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Caskets.
(d) Crates.

3. Gantos played a joke on Hamilton by grabbing his leg through the porthole as he swam around the boat, and Hamilton _____________.
(a) Screamed.
(b) Shot at him.
(c) Inhaled some water.
(d) Stabbed the boat with a knife.

4. What did Rik ask for Gantos to build for him in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Dog house.
(b) Bench.
(c) Shed.
(d) False-bottomed crate.

5. Why was Jack Gantos unable to attend school in San Juan?
(a) He did not speak Spanish.
(b) He was an illegal alien.
(c) He had a rare disease.
(d) He followed the wrong religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gantos wrote in the ship's log as if it were ___________.

2. Where did Gantos go to wait for Scanlon after giving him money?

3. What kind of books did Gantos find himself reading regularly in St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?

4. In Section 2, Chapter 3, a Coast Guard craft approached Hamilton and Gantos's boat and informed them that they were near ___________.

5. What kind of business did Jack Gantos's father run?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gantos do instead of departing for St. Croix?

2. How does the author describe St. Croix upon his arrival in Section 2, Chapter 1?

3. How does Gantos describe his school in Fort Lauderdale? What was Gantos like among his schoolmates?

4. Where did Gantos's family send him to finish high school? Why did he leave this home?

5. How does Gantos relate that prison helped him as a writer in Section 1, Chapter 1?

6. How does Gantos describe his journal and its divisions in Section 1, Chapter 3?

7. What experience did Gantos have within the political revolution in St. Croix?

8. Where did Gantos go after being kicked out of the Bacons' home?

9. Describe Gantos's low point in Section 1, Chapter 4. What did Gantos do during this time?

10. How old was Gantos when he began working full-time? How does he describe the work and his lifestyle in Section 1, Chapter 2?

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