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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city in Florida did Gantos finish high school?
(a) Tallahassee.
(b) Fort Lauderdale.
(c) Key West.
(d) Miami.

2. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Get married.
(b) Travel through Europe.
(c) Move to Oregon.
(d) Attend college.

3. Where in Florida did Jack Gantos's parents send him so that he could finish school?
(a) Key West.
(b) Fort Lauderdale.
(c) Miami.
(d) S.t. Petersburg.

4. The woman who ran the hotel where Gantos lived during his senior year in high school claimed to be related to whom?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Davy Crockett.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Sitting Bull.

5. What is the name of the hotel where Gantos found himself living during his senior year in high school?
(a) Richfield Inn.
(b) Oak Knoll Motel.
(c) Seaside Manor.
(d) The King's Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what was the third section of Gantos' journal dedicated?

2. According to the author in Section 1, Chapter 3, one afternoon his entire school was send to the auditorium where they heard presentations from ____________.

3. What was the name of Jack Gantos's father?

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

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

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