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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what family did Jack Gantos first live in Florida while he worked on finishing school?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Farmer.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Bacon.

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

4. What did the Japanese send back to Hamilton in return for his thank you gift?
(a) Bottle of whiskey.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) Fsh.
(d) Bottle of sake.

5. Hamilton and Gantos were unable to reach Rik in what city?
(a) New York.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being battered by storms for three days, what did Hamilton order Gantos to follow?

2. In Section 2, Chapter 3, a Coast Guard craft approached Hamilton and Gantos's boat and informed them that they were near ___________.

3. What did Jack Gantos tell his family he had decided not to do right away in Section 1, Chapter 3?

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

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 ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Gantos's lack of experience illustrated in Section 2, Chapter 3? How is Hamilton's experience illustrated?

2. What is central in the exposition revealed in Section 1, Chapter 4? How is Gantos established as a character?

3. What experience did Gantos have within the political revolution in St. Croix?

4. Where did Gantos live the remainder of his senior year in high school? Where was his family?

5. What presentation does Gantos describe at his school in Section 1, Chapter 3? What did he make of it?

6. How does the author describe St. Croix upon his arrival in Section 2, Chapter 1?

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

8. Describe the beginning of Gantos's journey in Section 2, Chapter 2. Where did he first sail?

9. Where did Gantos's family send him to finish high school? Why did he leave this home?

10. How does Gantos describe his school in Fort Lauderdale? What was Gantos like among his schoolmates?

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