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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. The hotel where Jack went to hide out from the FBI was the same one he had lived in during what other time in his life?

2. On the flight to New York, Gantos saw a newspaper reporting whose capture in Section 3, Chapter 1?

3. In Section 3, Chapter 7, Gantos points out that every prisoner has what kind of story, as well as a getting caught story?

4. While working for the prison hospital staff, Gantos describes what performer as having visited?

5. Who helped Gantos fill out the requests for applications for several smaller colleges in Section 3, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Gantos and his peers stay while in New York in Section 2, Chapter 4? How does the author describe this setting?

2. What did Gantos do when he realized he was likely going to prison in Section 3, Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the exchange between Hamilton and Gantos and the Japanese fishing vessel in Section 2, Chapter 3. Did Gantos and Hamilton face any danger in approaching the craft? How did the Japanese treat the men? How did Gantos feel about the exchange?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Gantos's aspirations as a writer. Since what age had Gantos wanted to be an author? Who influenced him? What did Jack's family think about his aspirations? How did Gantos's teachers perceive his writing talent?

Essay Topic 3

Define, identify and analyze the foreshadowing in Section 2, Chapter 4. What sense did Gantos and Hamilton get upon realizing their boat had been moved? How does the author use this incident to raise suspense in the narrative?

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