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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 the author in Section 1, Chapter 3, one afternoon his entire school was send to the auditorium where they heard presentations from ____________.
(a) Doctors.
(b) Atheletes.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Journalists.

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

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

4. What did Rik pay Gantos with in Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Gold.
(b) Hash.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) American currency.

5. What was the first stop for Hamilton and Gantos after they set sail?
(a) Gander Island.
(b) Goose Island.
(c) Buck Island.
(d) Doe Island.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. What is the largest of the Virgin islands?

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

5. Where did Tim Scanlon claim he was picking up merchandise in Section 1, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hamilton's knowledge of Gantos and his fears described in Section 2, Chapter 3?

2. What did Gantos discover in his discussions with Tim Scanlon? What plan did the two of them hatch?

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

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

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

7. What was the second business deal Gantos made with Rik in Section 2, Chapter 1? Why did he take the offer?

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

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

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

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