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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. Who looked on as Gantos was taken by the bailiff in Section 3, Chapter 3?

2. When Gantos received his minimum security custody rating, who offered to take him on furlough in Section 3, Chapter 7?

3. Where had Gantos buried the hash he still had before he had been incarcerated?

4. When was Jack Gantos born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Gantos go after his prison release in Section 3, Chapter 7? Where did he live and work?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Gantos write about "escape stories" in Section 3, Chapter 7?

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

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

9. What interaction did Gantos have with this father in Section 3, Chapter 3? How did Gantos feel about it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of St. Croix in the early 1970s and the business of John Gantos. Why was the business failing in St. Croix? What led to the uprisings? How did Gantos feel upon his arrival? How much hope did Gantos have for building money for college in this situation? What did the family hope to do?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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