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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 Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?
(a) Junior.
(b) Senior.
(c) Middle.
(d) Freshman.

2. Mr. Gantos would drive the family on trips to their hometown and spend time pointing out _______ to Jack.
(a) Buildings.
(b) Cars and trucks.
(c) Ex-cons and criminals.
(d) Dogs.

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

4. 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) O'Henry.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

5. What does Gantos refer to as men in prison who thrived on pain and suffering?
(a) Caskets.
(b) Cobras.
(c) Skulls.
(d) Sharks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Section 1: Chapter 3, Gantos dedicated the first section of his four section journal to _________.

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

4. To what was the second section of Gantos' journal dedicated?

5. What kind of business did Jack Gantos's father run?

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