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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. What did Jack's friend Tim Scanlon need when he arrived in town?
(a) Place to stay.
(b) Money for drugs.
(c) To borrow a book.
(d) To use his car.

2. Where is San Juan located?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Puerto Rico.

3. While in school, Gantos had a crush on his teacher for what class?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Geology.
(c) History.
(d) Psychology.

4. When a friend invited Gantos to a party to smoke marijuana, what did he end up doing once he'd arrived?
(a) Drinking heavily until 4 a.m.
(b) Drinking a few beers and leaving.
(c) Talking to a dog in the backyard.
(d) Passing out in the bathtub.

5. According to the author in Section 1, Chapter 3, one afternoon his entire school was send to the auditorium where they heard presentations from ____________.
(a) Doctors.
(b) Journalists.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Atheletes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jack Gantos born?

2. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?

3. Gantos felt that he was a coward because he could not believe in himself enough to go to ___________ to be a reporter.

4. With what family did Jack Gantos first live in Florida while he worked on finishing school?

5. Tim Scanlon believed all human behavior was controlled by _________.

(see the answer key)

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