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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. What color was Gantos' private prison cell?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. While working for the prison hospital staff, Gantos describes what performer as having visited?
(a) The Village People.
(b) An Elvis impersonator.
(c) Johnny Cash.
(d) Willie Nelson.

3. Where was the lawyer Gantos's father had contacted to work for Gantos?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Boston.
(c) Hartford.
(d) New York.

4. Without books, what did Gantos find himself reading during his first week at the federal prison?
(a) Tattoos.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Graffiti.

5. In Section 3, Chapter 3, Gantos attended his hearing and the judge was read Gantos' own admission from what source?
(a) His arrest warrant.
(b) His cellmate's affidavit.
(c) Ship's log.
(d) His sworn statement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gantos's new lawyer told Gantos to immediately ________________.

2. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was struck by _________ that the visit from the prisoners in high school had really told him his future.

3. Whose wife informed Gantos that her husband was in the federal holding facility because she refused to bail him out?

4. After being stolen, where were the chest x-rays of the female hospital worker found in Section 3, Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Gantos's trip to New York like in Section 3, Chapter 1? What information did he learn?

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 position did Gantos secure in the hospital after he was cleared of lice?

4. How is Gantos's first night in the holding station described in Section 3, Chapter 3? Where did he sleep?

5. What did Gantos learn from his family in Section 3, Chapter 1? What actions did he take at his father's advice?

6. What happened at Gantos's parole board hearing in Section 3, Chapter 5?

7. Where was Gantos sent to serve his prison term in Section 3, Chapter 4? How does he describe his arrival there?

8. Discuss the sexual violence described in Section 3, Chapter 3. How did Gantos avoid rape?

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

10. Describe the bust by the FBI in Section 2, Chapter 4. How did Gantos escape?

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