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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gantos wrote stories about those around him as well as his own ordeals in prison by journaling in his copy of a book by whom?
(a) Ovid.
(b) O'Henry.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

2. Tim Scanlon promised to help Gantos by going in with him to buy ____________, which they could sell.
(a) Baseball cards.
(b) Opium.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Broken cars.

3. What had Jack Gantos dreamed of being since he was young?
(a) Writer.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Catalist.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. Where did Gantos go to wait for Scanlon after giving him money?
(a) Hotel room.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Bus station.
(d) Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?

2. Where did Gantos arrive just as a tropical storm hit?

3. What led to Jack Gantos being thrown out of the house that he was staying in with an older couple in Florida?

4. What does Gantos claim to be the cause of his acne in the cover photo?

5. Where did Gantos drive with Scanlon to make a deal in Section 1, Chapter 4?

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