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

2. Where did Gantos go to interview in Section 1, Chapter 3?
(a) University of New York.
(b) University of Georgia.
(c) University of Florida.
(d) University of Tennessee.

3. What was the first stop for Hamilton and Gantos after they set sail?
(a) Doe Island.
(b) Buck Island.
(c) Gander Island.
(d) Goose Island.

4. In Section 2, Chapter 1, Gantos's father's construction business was failing as a result of _________.
(a) Bad publicity.
(b) A tropical storm.
(c) A ruined economy.
(d) Racial tensions.

5. Gantos felt that he was a coward because he could not believe in himself enough to go to ___________ to be a reporter.
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, Chapter 4, Gantos decided to drive criss-cross over Florida on his way to see his family in ______.

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. Gantos wrote in the ship's log as if it were ___________.

4. Jack Gantos attended a school that was a renovated _________.

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

(see the answer key)

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