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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gantos agreed to to help Hamilton sail with how much hash from St. Croix in Section 2, Chapter 1?

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

3. What did Rik pay Gantos with in Section 2, Chapter 1?

4. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?

5. Where in Florida did Jack Gantos's parents send him so that he could finish school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is central in the exposition revealed in Section 1, Chapter 4? How is Gantos established as a character?

4. What did Gantos and Rik pack in the crate? How was Gantos paid?

5. Describe Gantos's low point in Section 1, Chapter 4. What did Gantos do during this time?

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

7. 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?

8. What presentation does Gantos describe at his school in Section 1, Chapter 3? What did he make of it?

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

10. What did Hamilton and the Japanese exchange as thank you gifts? How was it transported?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the final route of Gantos and Hamilton into New York, and discuss their plans with Rik upon docking. Where were the men to meet up? Had Gantos been to New York before? How does he describe it? What did Gantos fear most? Were his fears justified? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Gantos' childhood in Pennsylvania and Florida. Where in each state did Gantos live? When did his family move to Florida? How does Gantos describe his family life and his father's business? How did Gantos feel about his father?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the figure of Tim Scanlon in the narrative. From where did Gantos know Scanlon? What influence did Scanlon have on Gantos? How did Gantos feel about him? What plan did Scanlon present in order to potentially "help" Gantos?

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