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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. What sentence did Gantos receive in Section 3, Chapter 3?
(a) 1030R.
(b) 5010B.
(c) 9560T.
(d) 6075S.

2. Gantos got a job selling __________ after his release from prison.
(a) Pizza.
(b) Cars.
(c) Christmas trees.
(d) Hash.

3. For what latest novel did Jack Gantos win the 2012 Newbery Medal?
(a) Desire Lines.
(b) Dead End in Norvelt.
(c) Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade.
(d) The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs.

4. During his initial interview with his lawyer, Gantos learned he was being prosecuted federally for several charges and each carried a sentence of _____________.
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. In Section 3, Chapter 8, the author writes that years later, he retrieved the ship's log, but he laments he has never retrieved what?
(a) His car.
(b) The hash in Central Park.
(c) The sailboat.
(d) His prison journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the lawyer Gantos's father had contacted to work for Gantos?

2. What item was Gantos unable to take with him when he left prison?

3. Gantos admitted he never paid taxes on ______________.

4. Where did Hamilton and Gantos stay in New York in Section 2, Chapter 4?

5. In Section 3, Chapter 4, Gantos was sent to a federal prison in what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gantos help a prisoner who had swallowed hash in Section 3, Chapter 5? How was he rewarded?

2. Discuss the sexual violence described in Section 3, Chapter 3. How did Gantos avoid rape?

3. Where did Gantos go after his prison release in Section 3, Chapter 7? Where did he live and work?

4. What did Gantos discover when he read his own medical file in Section 3, Chapter 6? How did he react?

5. How does Gantos describe his worsening acne problem in Section 3, Chapter 2?

6. What deal was Gantos offered by the DA in Section 3, Chapter 1? What was Gantos's response?

7. How is Gantos's first night in the holding station described in Section 3, Chapter 3? Where did he sleep?

8. Where was Gantos sent to serve his prison term in Section 3, Chapter 4? How does he describe his arrival there?

9. When was Gantos released from prison in Section 3, Chapter 7? What were the conditions of his release?

10. What was Gantos's trip to New York like in Section 3, Chapter 1? What information did he learn?

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