Characters
Narrator and main character of the book
Who is Jack Gantos?
How old Jack was when he was locked up.
What is 20?
What was Jack's school before it became a school?
What is Prison
Jack gives this to the children of King's Court and watches them dance in the parking lot.
What is Jack's candy stash?
Without hope or encouragement
What is "bleakest"?
Has a talent for spotting criminals.
Who is Jack's father?
The book that Jack secretly wrote in while he was in prison.
What is The Brothers Karamazov?
What did Jack think would happen automatically because he had his own place?
What is attract girls
How much money did Tim scam Jack for?
What is $200
Not having normal or natural shape or form
What is "misshapen"?
Manages the King's Court Hotel
Who is Davy Crockett?
Why did the Bacon's agree to let Jack live with them?
What is they were in desperate need for extra cash
Who were the "special alumni" that visited Jack's school?
What is Prisoners - Lifers that had been imprisoned there before it became a school
Name 2 writer's houses that Jack visited in Florida.
What is Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, John Hersey, Elizabeth Bishop
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
What is an "acquaintance"?
Introduces Jack to marijuana
Who is Glen?
The reason Jack didn't attend school in Puerto Rico
What is he could not speak Spanish
Where did Jack work?
What is Grocery store
Why did Jack break out with blister on his forearms and hands?
What is Sap from a tree at Hemingway's place
Not very good
What is "mediocre"?
Jack's friend who convinces Jack to "invest" so they can sell marijuana and make more money.
Who is Tim Scanlon?
Why did the Bacon's kick Jack out?
What is rude - always drunk - wouldn't follow rules ?- got sick all over the house
Name 2 of the 4 sections that Jack divided his journal writing into.
What is Daily Entry, Things that stuck him dumb with envy, Vocabulary, Moments of Inspiration
What was Tim studying at Florida State?
What is Medicine
A short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
What is a "maxim"?