Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which idea foreshadows Gantos’s eventual incarceration?

A) Gantos’s removal from his apartment for his behavior

B) Gantos’s description of his unchecked freedom

C) Gantos’s relationships with his peers

D) Gantos’s father pointing out those who committed crimes

2. What about Gantos’s personality allows him to continually make mistakes?

A) He does not internalize and learn from his errors.

B) He thinks all people make mistakes like his own.

C) He justifies his behavior by claiming to be owed something.

D) He believes mistakes will not keep him from succeeding.

3. Which of the following could be considered Gantos’s major character flaw?

A) His soft-hearted nature

B) HIs need for instant gratification

C) His refusal to heed his father

D) His desire for freedom

4. How might Gantos advise someone who has chosen to pursue a criminal path?

A) To seriously consider the benefits of criminal activity

B) To dismiss positivity more often

C) To show remorse for criminal behavior

D) To value freedom over experiences

5. Why does Gantos choose to shirk the warnings of the Bacons?

A) He believes they are thinking from the perspective of privilege.

B) He does not think they know him well enough to provide advice.

C) He believes they have no desire to truly live.

D) He asserts that the Bacons do not have any practical skills of their own.