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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 did Gantos tell the prisoner who had swallowed balloons to do in order to avoid being caught?
(a) Give himself an enema.
(b) Give him half.
(c) Eat the beans in the cafeteria.
(d) Force himself to vomit.

2. Who was repeatedly raped on the first night of Gantos's imprisonment in Section 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Lucas.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) Tim.
(d) Rik.

3. Where did Gantos hide out from the FBI after they accosted one of the group in the hotel in Section 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Car dealership.
(b) Library.
(c) Local market.
(d) Movie theater.

4. What is the full name of Jack Gantos?
(a) John Byran Gantos, Jr.
(b) Timothy Frank Gantos, Jr.
(c) Marcus Anthony Gantos, Jr.
(d) William Harold Gantos, Jr.

5. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was struck by _________ that the visit from the prisoners in high school had really told him his future.
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Humor.
(c) Reality.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Gantos' private prison cell?

2. Gantos's attorney informed him that on the day after turning himself in he was to meet with whom?

3. When Gantos viewed his own medical file in Section 3, Chapter 6, he saw that the parole board had called him what?

4. When he entered college, Gantos worked nights as___________.

5. Gantos was taken to the solitary confinement cells where a man lay injured with what item up his anus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Gantos and Hamilton go upon arriving in New York in Section 2, Chapter 4? How did Gantos feel about the situation?

2. Why did Gantos not return for the hash he had hidden? How does he describe this temptation in Section 3, Chapter 8?

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

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

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 did Gantos's new case worker help him earn early parole in Section 3, Chapter 7?

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

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

9. What does Gantos write of "getting caught" stories in Section 2, Chapter 4?

10. What did Gantos discover when he read his own medical file in Section 3, Chapter 6? How did he react?

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