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1. How does the author describe the cover photo from the book in Section 1, Chapter 1? What circumstances does he relate which caused his acne?

Gantos admits the prisoner photograph on the front cover of the book is him, taken when he was twenty one in a federal prison. He was slight at the time, but his face was covered in acne as a result of stress and a prison diet. He was in a place where violence was common, and he sought to avoid those who aimed to hurt others.

2. Where did Gantos's father take the family and point out criminals to Gantos?

Mr. Gantos would drive the family from Florida to their hometown in Pennsylvania, and would spend time pointing out ex cons and criminals to Jack. Gantos knows his father was trying to warn him about walking the wrong path, and he finds it surprising that Mr. Gantos never pegged his own son as a criminal.

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