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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. Gantos wrote stories about those around him as well as his own ordeals in prison by journaling in his copy of a book by whom?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) O'Henry.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

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

3. Rik asked Gantos to call him if he saw __________ in the harbor.
(a) An orange yacht.
(b) A kayaker in all black.
(c) A red-sailed boat.
(d) Three blue rowboats.

4. According to Hamilton, how did Gantos look after the boat ran aground?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Tired.

5. Hamilton was a sailor from what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Britain.
(c) Canada.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was photographing the movement of the hash in Section 2, Chapter 3?

2. What is a literary figure of speech that uses direct comparison?

3. What did the family that Jack Gantos rented a room from in Florida while working on finishing school sell from their home?`

4. In what city in Florida did Gantos finish high school?

5. According to the author in Section 1, Chapter 3, one afternoon his entire school was send to the auditorium where they heard presentations from ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gantos learn from Hamilton along the journey in Section 2, Chapter 3?

2. Why did Gantos take upon the job building the crate for Rik in Section 2, Chapter 1?

3. Describe Gantos's experience with drugs in high school. What did he think of the experience?

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

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

6. Why did Gantos decide not to attend a university right away? How does he describe his meeting at a college in Section 1, Chapter 3?

7. How was Gantos inspired by the writing of Jack Kerouac in Section 1, Chapter 4?

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

9. What led Hamilton and Gantos to follow the Coast Guard in Section 2, Chapter 3?

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

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