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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. In New York, Gantos stayed in their old room at the hotel and discovered nearly everything was still in the room, except _______________.
(a) A table.
(b) A chair.
(c) His watch.
(d) The ship's log.

2. What position did Gantos secure with the medical staff?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Lab assistant.
(d) X-ray technician.

3. On the flight to New York, Gantos saw a newspaper reporting whose capture in Section 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Hamilton's.
(b) Jack Kerouac's.
(c) Rik's.
(d) Tim Scanlon's.

4. Who had held Gantos's money for him during his incarceration?
(a) Rik.
(b) Mr. Newman.
(c) Lucas.
(d) Tim Scanlon.

5. Gantos's attorney informed him that on the day after turning himself in he was to meet with whom?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The district attorney.
(c) The FBI.
(d) His father.

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. Gantos took the first train to ___________ after the FBI raided the hotel?

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

4. In Section 3, Chapter 4, a hospital worker brought Gantos books that had been left in what location?

5. In Section 3, Chapter 3, Gantos attended his hearing and the judge was read Gantos' own admission from what source?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gantos learn about the charges against him in Section 3, Chapter 1?

2. What was Gantos allowed to take with him when he left prison in Section 3, Chapter 7? What was he not allowed to take?

3. What does Gantos write about "escape stories" in Section 3, Chapter 7?

4. Where did Gantos go after arriving in Florida in Section 2, Chapter 4? What was his mindset?

5. Who else was housed in the hospital unit of the prison? What performer does the author describe in Section 3, Chapter 5?

6. How does Gantos describe the drug scene in prison in Section 3, Chapter 5? Why did he choose not to use drugs?

7. How did Gantos feel after his father and brother visited him inebriated in Section 3, Chapter 6?

8. What interaction did Gantos have with this father in Section 3, Chapter 3? How did Gantos feel about it?

9. How did Gantos help a prisoner who had swallowed hash in Section 3, Chapter 5? How was he rewarded?

10. Where did Gantos go after his prison release in Section 3, Chapter 7? Where did he live and work?

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