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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Before,” Part 3 (pages 38-55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the kids called at the boarding school that board during the week and go to their parents' wealthy homes during the weekends?
(a) The Rambling Roses.
(b) The Weekend Wranglers.
(c) The Homewood Hotties.
(d) The Weekday Warriors.

2. Who is the dead American President that Kevin names for Miles to say his last words, in “one hundred nine days before”?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

3. How many basketball games in a row does Chip say he's been consecutively kicked out of in “one hundred nine days before”?
(a) 37.
(b) 11.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

4. Who is the author of the poem that Chip quotes with the line "Miles to go before I sleep" in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Robert Frost.

5. What is the name that Alaska has given to her car?
(a) Red Cherry.
(b) Cherry Cola.
(c) Hot Rod.
(d) Blue Citrus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When his parents leave him at the boarding school, Miles promises to call them once a week on which day?

2. What is Alaska's last name in the novel?

3. The chapter "one hundred one days before" begins on the first morning of what month?

4. Near what city is the boarding school located that Miles arrives at in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?

5. How many fifty-minute class periods do the students have per school day at the boarding school?

(see the answer key)

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