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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. According to Section 1: Chapter 3, Gantos dedicated the first section of his four section journal to _________.
(a) Vocabulary practice.
(b) Inspired ideas for books.
(c) Passages from books that inspire him.
(d) Daily entries.

2. When Gantos awoke one morning in Section 1, Chapter 4, he was covered in blisters which he began to think of as ___________.
(a) Allergies.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) A stigmata.
(d) Acne.

3. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos found himself inspired by a novel written by what author?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) John Hersey.
(d) Hunter S. Thompson.

4. The woman who ran the hotel where Gantos lived during his senior year in high school claimed to be related to whom?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Sitting Bull.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Davy Crockett.

5. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.
(a) Train station.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Church.
(d) Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gantos arrive just as a tropical storm hit?

2. While in school, Gantos had a crush on his teacher for what class?

3. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos's father's construction business was failing as a result of _________.

4. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?

5. After locating a translator on board, what did the Japanese on the fishing vessel agree to give Hamilton and Gantos?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Gantos's lack of experience illustrated in Section 2, Chapter 3? How is Hamilton's experience illustrated?

3. Where did Gantos live the remainder of his senior year in high school? Where was his family?

4. Describe the beginning of Gantos's journey in Section 2, Chapter 2. Where did he first sail?

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

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

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

8. What presentation does Gantos describe at his school in Section 1, Chapter 3? What did he make of it?

9. Where did Gantos's father take the family and point out criminals to Gantos?

10. Where did Gantos and Hamilton find fuel in Section 2, Chapter 3? Why was it necessary?

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