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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 1 and chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Jack Gantos born?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Buffalo, New York.
(c) Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
(d) Marquette, Michigan.

2. What does Gantos claim to be the cause of his acne in the cover photo?
(a) Sheets he slept on.
(b) Chemicals used to clean the prison.
(c) Stress and a greasy prison diet.
(d) Lack of sunlight.

3. As Gantos spent time talking with Tim Scanlon he began to regret his decision to ____________.
(a) Sell hash.
(b) Move to St. Croix.
(c) Delay college.
(d) Move to New York.

4. 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) Atheletes.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Journalists.

5. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.
(a) Train station.
(b) Prison.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gantos awoke one morning in Section 1, Chapter 4, he was covered in blisters which he began to think of as ___________.

2. When a friend invited Gantos to smoke marijuana at a party in Section 1, Chapter 3, he arrived to find only a group of guys sitting on the floor, trying to get high from __________.

3. In Section 1, Chapter 2, Gantos explains he was in what year in high school when he began working?

4. What did the family that Jack Gantos rented a room from in Florida while working on finishing school sell from their home?`

5. Rik asked Gantos to call him if he saw __________ in the harbor.

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