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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. Whom did Gantos's father bring with him when he visited Gantos in prison in Section 3, Chapter 6?

2. What was stashed right by the hash in Hamilton and Gantos's boat in Section 2, Chapter 4?

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

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

5. Where is Attica Prison located?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the figure of Rik in the narrative and Gantos' agreement to smuggle the hash into New York. How did Gantos feel about the dangers he faced? Why did he choose to make the risk? What did he hope to attain in escaping St. Croix?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Jack Gantos' life with the Bacon family. Why did Gantos move in with the Bacons? What business did the Bacons run from their home? How did the Bacon family feel about Gantos? What caused him to be kicked out?

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